1Danach ging Jesus weg ans andre Ufer des Galiläischen Meeres, das auch See von Tiberias heißt. (Mt 14,13; Mk 6,30; Lk 9,10)2Und es zog ihm viel Volk nach, weil sie die Zeichen sahen, die er an den Kranken tat.3Jesus aber ging hinauf auf einen Berg und setzte sich dort mit seinen Jüngern.4Es war aber kurz vor dem Passa, dem Fest der Juden. (Joh 2,13; Joh 11,55)5Da hob Jesus seine Augen auf und sieht, dass viel Volk zu ihm kommt, und spricht zu Philippus: Wo kaufen wir Brot, damit diese zu essen haben?6Das sagte er aber, um ihn zu prüfen; denn er wusste wohl, was er tun wollte.7Philippus antwortete ihm: Für zweihundert Silbergroschen Brot ist nicht genug für sie, dass jeder auch nur ein wenig bekomme.8Spricht zu ihm einer seiner Jünger, Andreas, der Bruder des Simon Petrus:9Es ist ein Knabe hier, der hat fünf Gerstenbrote und zwei Fische. Aber was ist das für so viele?10Jesus aber sprach: Lasst die Leute sich lagern. Es war aber viel Gras an dem Ort. Da lagerten sich etwa fünftausend Männer.11Jesus aber nahm die Brote, dankte und gab sie denen, die sich gelagert hatten; desgleichen auch von den Fischen, so viel sie wollten.12Als sie aber satt waren, spricht er zu seinen Jüngern: Sammelt die übrigen Brocken, damit nichts umkommt.13Da sammelten sie und füllten zwölf Körbe mit Brocken von den fünf Gerstenbroten, die denen übrig blieben, die gespeist worden waren.14Als nun die Menschen das Zeichen sahen, das Jesus tat, sprachen sie: Das ist wahrlich der Prophet, der in die Welt kommen soll. (5Mo 18,15; Joh 2,11)15Da Jesus nun merkte, dass sie kommen würden und ihn ergreifen, um ihn zum König zu machen, entwich er wieder auf den Berg, er allein.
Jesus geht über das Wasser
16Am Abend aber gingen seine Jünger hinab an das Meer, (Mt 14,22; Mk 6,45)17stiegen in ein Boot und fuhren über das Meer nach Kapernaum. Und es war schon finster geworden und Jesus war noch nicht zu ihnen gekommen.18Und das Meer wurde aufgewühlt von einem starken Wind.19Als sie nun etwa fünfundzwanzig oder dreißig Stadien gerudert waren, sahen sie Jesus auf dem Meer gehen und nahe an das Boot kommen; und sie fürchteten sich.20Er aber spricht zu ihnen: Ich bin’s; fürchtet euch nicht!21Da wollten sie ihn ins Boot nehmen; und sogleich war das Boot am Land, wohin sie fahren wollten.
Das Brot des Lebens
22Am nächsten Tag sah das Volk, das am andern Ufer des Meeres stand, dass kein anderes Boot da war als das eine und dass Jesus nicht mit seinen Jüngern in das Boot gestiegen war, sondern seine Jünger waren allein weggefahren.23Es kamen aber andere Boote von Tiberias nahe zu der Stätte, wo sie das Brot gegessen hatten, nachdem der Herr die Danksagung gesprochen hatte.24Als nun das Volk sah, dass Jesus nicht da war und seine Jünger auch nicht, stiegen sie in die Boote und kamen nach Kapernaum und suchten Jesus.25Und als sie ihn fanden am andern Ufer des Meeres, fragten sie ihn: Rabbi, wann bist du hergekommen?26Jesus antwortete ihnen und sprach: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Ihr sucht mich nicht, weil ihr Zeichen gesehen habt, sondern weil ihr von dem Brot gegessen habt und satt geworden seid.27Müht euch nicht um Speise, die vergänglich ist, sondern um Speise, die da bleibt zum ewigen Leben. Die wird euch der Menschensohn geben; denn auf ihm ist das Siegel Gottes des Vaters. (Joh 5,36)28Da fragten sie ihn: Was sollen wir tun, dass wir Gottes Werke wirken?29Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Das ist Gottes Werk, dass ihr an den glaubt, den er gesandt hat.30Da sprachen sie zu ihm: Was tust du für ein Zeichen, auf dass wir sehen und dir glauben? Was wirkst du? (Joh 4,48)31Unsre Väter haben Manna gegessen in der Wüste, wie geschrieben steht: »Brot vom Himmel gab er ihnen zu essen.« (2Mo 16,13)32Da sprach Jesus zu ihnen: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Nicht Mose hat euch das Brot vom Himmel gegeben, sondern mein Vater gibt euch das wahre Brot vom Himmel.33Denn dies ist das Brot Gottes, das vom Himmel kommt und gibt der Welt das Leben.34Da sprachen sie zu ihm: Herr, gib uns allezeit solches Brot. (Joh 4,15)35Jesus aber sprach zu ihnen: Ich bin das Brot des Lebens. Wer zu mir kommt, den wird nicht hungern; und wer an mich glaubt, den wird nimmermehr dürsten. (Joh 4,14; Joh 7,37)36Aber ich habe euch gesagt: Ihr habt mich gesehen und glaubt doch nicht.37Alles, was mir der Vater gibt, das kommt zu mir; und wer zu mir kommt, den werde ich nicht hinausstoßen. (Mt 11,28)38Denn ich bin vom Himmel gekommen, nicht damit ich meinen Willen tue, sondern den Willen dessen, der mich gesandt hat. (Joh 4,34)39Das ist aber der Wille dessen, der mich gesandt hat, dass ich nichts verliere von allem, was er mir gegeben hat, sondern dass ich’s auferwecke am Jüngsten Tage. (Joh 10,28; Joh 17,12)40Denn das ist der Wille meines Vaters, dass, wer den Sohn sieht und glaubt an ihn, das ewige Leben habe; und ich werde ihn auferwecken am Jüngsten Tage. (Joh 5,29; Joh 11,24)41Da murrten die Juden über ihn, weil er sagte: Ich bin das Brot, das vom Himmel gekommen ist,42und sprachen: Ist dieser nicht Jesus, Josefs Sohn, dessen Vater und Mutter wir kennen? Wie kann er jetzt sagen: Ich bin vom Himmel gekommen? (Lk 4,22)43Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Murrt nicht untereinander.44Es kann niemand zu mir kommen, es sei denn, ihn ziehe der Vater, der mich gesandt hat, und ich werde ihn auferwecken am Jüngsten Tage.45Es steht geschrieben in den Propheten: »Sie werden alle von Gott gelehrt sein.« Wer es vom Vater hört und lernt, der kommt zu mir.46Nicht dass jemand den Vater gesehen hätte; nur der, der von Gott ist, der hat den Vater gesehen. (Joh 1,18)47Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer glaubt, der hat das ewige Leben. (Joh 3,16)48Ich bin das Brot des Lebens.49Eure Väter haben in der Wüste das Manna gegessen und sind gestorben. (1Kor 10,3)50Dies ist das Brot, das vom Himmel kommt, damit, wer davon isst, nicht sterbe.51Ich bin das lebendige Brot, das vom Himmel gekommen ist. Wer von diesem Brot isst, der wird leben in Ewigkeit. Und das Brot, das ich geben werde, ist mein Fleisch – für das Leben der Welt. (Mk 14,22)52Da stritten die Juden untereinander und sprachen: Wie kann dieser uns sein Fleisch zu essen geben?53Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wenn ihr nicht esst das Fleisch des Menschensohns und trinkt sein Blut, so habt ihr kein Leben in euch.54Wer mein Fleisch isst und mein Blut trinkt, der hat das ewige Leben, und ich werde ihn am Jüngsten Tage auferwecken. (Mt 26,26)55Denn mein Fleisch ist die wahre Speise, und mein Blut ist der wahre Trank.56Wer mein Fleisch isst und trinkt mein Blut, der bleibt in mir und ich in ihm. (Joh 15,4; 1Joh 3,24)57Wie mich gesandt hat der lebendige Vater und ich lebe um des Vaters willen, so wird auch, wer mich isst, leben um meinetwillen.58Dies ist das Brot, das vom Himmel gekommen ist. Es ist nicht wie bei den Vätern, die gegessen haben und gestorben sind. Wer dies Brot isst, der wird leben in Ewigkeit.59Das sagte er in der Synagoge, als er in Kapernaum lehrte.
Spaltung unter den Jüngern und das Bekenntnis des Petrus
60Viele nun seiner Jünger, die das hörten, sprachen: Das ist eine harte Rede; wer kann sie hören?61Da Jesus aber bei sich selbst merkte, dass seine Jünger darüber murrten, sprach er zu ihnen: Nehmt ihr daran Anstoß?62Wie, wenn ihr nun sehen werdet den Menschensohn auffahren dahin, wo er zuvor war? (Lk 24,50; Joh 3,13)63Der Geist ist’s, der da lebendig macht; das Fleisch ist nichts nütze. Die Worte, die ich zu euch geredet habe, die sind Geist und sind Leben. (Joh 3,6; 2Kor 3,6)64Aber es sind etliche unter euch, die glauben nicht. Denn Jesus wusste von Anfang an, wer die waren, die nicht glaubten, und wer ihn verraten würde.65Und er sprach: Darum habe ich euch gesagt: Niemand kann zu mir kommen, es sei ihm denn vom Vater gegeben.66Von da an wandten sich viele seiner Jünger ab und gingen hinfort nicht mehr mit ihm.67Da sprach Jesus zu den Zwölfen: Wollt ihr auch weggehen?68Da antwortete ihm Simon Petrus: Herr, wohin sollen wir gehen? Du hast Worte des ewigen Lebens;69und wir haben geglaubt und erkannt: Du bist der Heilige Gottes. (Mt 16,16)70Jesus antwortete ihnen: Habe ich nicht euch Zwölf erwählt? Und einer von euch ist ein Teufel.71Er redete aber von Judas, dem Sohn des Simon Iskariot. Der verriet ihn hernach und war einer der Zwölf.
1After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. (Mt 4,18; Mt 14,13; Mk 6,32; Lk 9,10; Joh 21,1)2And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.3Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. (Joh 6,15)4Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. (Joh 2,13; Joh 5,1; Joh 7,2; Joh 11,55)5Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” (Lk 6,20; Joh 1,44)6He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.7Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii[1] worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” (Mk 6,37)8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, (Joh 1,40; Joh 1,44)9“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” (2Kön 4,42)10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. (Mk 6,39)11Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. (Mt 15,36; Joh 6,23)12And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.14When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” (Mt 11,3; Mt 21,11; Joh 1,21; Joh 4,19; Joh 7,40; Joh 11,27)15Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. (Mt 8,18; Mt 14,22; Mk 6,45; Joh 6,3; Joh 12,12)
Jesus Walks on Water
16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,17got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.18The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.19When they had rowed about three or four miles,[2] they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened.20But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” (Lk 24,38)21Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
I Am the Bread of Life
22On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. (Joh 21,8)23Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. (Joh 6,11)24So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. (Mt 14,34; Mk 6,53; Joh 6,17; Joh 6,59)25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” (Joh 1,38)26Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. (Joh 6,2; Joh 6,24)27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” (Jes 55,2; Hes 9,4; Dan 7,13; Joh 3,33; Joh 5,36; Joh 6,35; Joh 6,50; Joh 6,54; Joh 6,58; Joh 10,36; Röm 4,11; 1Kor 9,2; 2Tim 2,19)28Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” (1Kor 15,58; Offb 2,26)29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” (Joh 3,17; 1Joh 3,23)30So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? (Mt 12,38)31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” (2Mo 16,15; 4Mo 11,7; Neh 9,15; Ps 78,24; Ps 105,40; Joh 6,49; Joh 6,58; 1Kor 10,3)32Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.33For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” (Joh 6,50)34They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” (Joh 4,15; Joh 4,33)35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. (Mt 11,28; Joh 4,14; Joh 5,40; Joh 6,41; Joh 6,48; Joh 6,51; Joh 6,58; Joh 7,37; Offb 7,16)36But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. (Joh 6,39; Joh 10,28; Joh 10,29; Joh 17,2; Joh 17,6; Joh 17,9; Joh 17,12; Joh 17,24)38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. (Joh 3,13; Joh 4,34; Joh 5,30)39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. (Mt 18,14; Joh 6,37; Joh 6,40; Joh 6,44; Joh 6,54; Joh 10,28; Joh 11,25; Joh 17,12; Joh 18,9; 1Kor 6,14)40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” (Joh 3,15; Joh 4,14; Joh 6,27; Joh 6,47; Joh 6,54; Joh 12,45; Joh 14,17; Joh 14,19)41So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” (Joh 6,33; Joh 6,35; Joh 6,38)42They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” (Mt 13,55; Joh 1,45; Joh 7,27)43Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. (Jer 31,3; Hos 11,4; Joh 4,23; Joh 6,39; Joh 6,65; Joh 12,32)45It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— (Jes 54,13; Jer 31,33; Joh 6,37; 1Kor 2,13; 1Thess 4,9; Hebr 8,10; 1Joh 2,20)46not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. (Joh 1,18; Joh 3,32; Joh 7,29; Joh 8,38)47Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. (Joh 3,36)48I am the bread of life. (Joh 6,35)49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. (Joh 6,31; Joh 6,58)50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. (Joh 6,33; Joh 6,51; Joh 6,58)51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” (Lk 22,19; Joh 1,14; Joh 3,13; Joh 6,53; Joh 6,57)52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” (Joh 3,9; Joh 6,60; Joh 9,16; Joh 10,19)53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. (Joh 6,27; Joh 20,31)54Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. (Joh 6,39; Joh 6,40)55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.56Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. (Joh 15,4; 1Joh 3,24; 1Joh 4,13; 1Joh 4,15)57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. (Mt 16,16; Joh 3,17; Joh 5,26; Joh 11,25; Offb 1,18)58This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread[3] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” (Joh 6,31; Joh 6,33; Joh 6,49)59Jesus[4] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. (Joh 6,24)
The Words of Eternal Life
60When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” (Joh 6,64; Joh 6,66)61But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? (Joh 2,24)62Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? (Mk 16,19; Joh 3,13; Joh 6,27; Joh 17,5)63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. (Joh 3,6; Joh 6,68; 1Kor 15,45; 2Kor 3,6)64But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) (Joh 6,61; Joh 6,66; Joh 6,71; Joh 13,11)65And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.” (Joh 3,27; Joh 6,44)66After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. (Joh 6,60; Joh 6,64)67So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” (Joh 6,70)68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, (Joh 12,50; Joh 17,8; Apg 5,20)69and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” (Mk 1,24; Joh 1,49; Joh 11,27; 1Joh 4,16)70Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” (Joh 6,67; Joh 13,2; Joh 13,18; Joh 13,27; Joh 17,12)71He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him. (Joh 6,64; Joh 6,67; Joh 13,26)
Johannes 6
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1After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.2And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.3And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.4And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.13Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.14Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.15When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.16And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.20But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.21Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.22The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.25And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?31Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.36But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.39And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?43Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.44No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.48I am that bread of life.49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?62What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.64But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.65And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.66From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.67Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.69And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?71He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.