John 6:57-70

⁵⁷As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

⁵⁸This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

⁵⁹Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.

⁶⁰Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

⁶¹When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?

⁶²What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?

⁶³The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

⁶⁴But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.

⁶⁵And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

⁶⁶Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

⁶⁷So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?

⁶⁸Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;

⁶⁹And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.

⁷⁰Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?