The bread of life
6 22Next day the people who had stayed on the other side realized that only one boat had been there and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples; rather, the disciples had gone away alone. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, 30They then said: 
—Show us miraculous signs, that we may see and believe you. What sign do you perform? 31Our ancestors ate manna in the desert; as Scripture says: They were given bread from heaven to eat.
32Jesus then said to them: 
—Truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven. My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33The bread God gives is the One who comes from heaven and gives life to the world. 
34And they said to him: 
—Give us this bread always.
35Jesus said to them: 
—I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall never be hungry, and whoever believes in me shall never be thirsty. 50But here you have the bread which comes from heaven so that you may eat of it and not die. 51I am the living bread which has come from heaven; whoever eats of this bread will live forever. The bread I shall give is my flesh and I will give it for the life of the world.
54The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood live with eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day.
55My flesh is really food and my blood is drink. 56Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood, live in me and I in them.
66After this many disciples withdrew and no longer followed him. 67Jesus asked the Twelve: 
—Will you also go away? 
68Peter answered him: 
—Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69We now believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.

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