John 6:25-42

²⁵And having found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, Rabbi, when didst thou come hither?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly do I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.

²⁸Then they said to him, What are we to do, that we may work the works of God?

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he sent.

³⁰They said therefore to him, What sign doest thou, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work?

³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

³²Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Moses hath not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

³³For the bread of God is that which is coming down from heaven, and giving life to the world.

³⁴They said therefore to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

³⁵Jesus therefore said to them, I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me will not hunger; and he that believeth in me will never thirst.

³⁶But I said to you, that ye have even seen, and do not believe.

³⁷All that the Father giveth me will come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out;

³⁸for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁹And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven;

⁴²and they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, one whose father and mother we know? How is it then that this man saith, I have come down from heaven?