₃₅“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty.

₄₁The people started grumbling about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ₄₂So they said, “This man is Jesus son of Joseph, isn't he? We know his father and mother. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?”

₄₃Jesus answered, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. ₄₄No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him to life on the last day. ₄₅The prophets wrote, ‘Everyone will be taught by God.’ Anyone who hears the Father and learns from him comes to me. ₄₆This does not mean that anyone has seen the Father; he who is from God is the only one who has seen the Father. ₄₇I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life. ₄₈I am the bread of life. ₄₉Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died. ₅₀But the bread that comes down from heaven is of such a kind that whoever eats it will not die. ₅₁I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live for ever. The bread that I will give him is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live.”