This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 6:58 in context
John 6:55–61
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For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
57
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live because of me.
58
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This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
59
He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60
Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
61
But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?
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