John 6:41-71 ▼

41 The Iewes then murmured at him, because he sayde, I am the bread of life which came downe from heauen.

42 And they saide: Is not this Iesus, ye sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother we knowe? Howe is it then that he sayth, I came downe from heauen?

43 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: Murmure not among your selues.

44 No man can come to me, except the father, whiche hath sent me, drawe hym: And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last day.

45 It is written in the prophetes: And they shalbe all taught of God. Euery man therfore that hath heard, and hath learned of the father, cometh vnto me.

46 Not that any man hath seene the father, saue he which is of God, the same hath seene the father.

47 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that putteth his trust in me, hath euerlasting lyfe.

48 I am that bread of lyfe.

49 Your fathers dyd eate Manna in the wyldernesse, and are dead.

50 This is that bread, which commeth downe from heauen, that yf any man eate therof, he shoulde not dye.

51 I am that lyuyng bread, which came downe from heauen. Yf any man eate of this bread, he shall lyue for euer. And the bread that I wyl geue, is my fleshe, whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde.

52 The Iewes therefore stroue among them selues, saying: Howe can this felowe geue vs that fleshe of his to eate?

53 Then Iesus saide vnto them: Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man, and drynke his blood, ye haue no lyfe in you.

54 Who so eateth my fleshe, and drinketh my blood, hath eternall lyfe, and I wyl rayse hym vp at the last day.

55 For my fleshe is meate in deede, and my blood is drynke in deede.

56 He that eateth my fleshe, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, & I in hym.

57 As the lyuing father hath sent me, and I lyue by the father: Euen so, he that eateth me, shal liue by the meanes of me.

58 This is that bread, which came downe from heauen: Not as your fathers dyd eate Manna, and are dead. He that eateth of this bread, shall lyue euer.

59 These thynges sayde he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

60 Many therfore of his disciples, when they had hearde this, saide: This is an harde saying, who can abyde the hearyng of it?

61 Iesus knewe in hym selfe, that his disciples murmured at it, and he sayde vnto them, doth this offende you?

62 What and yf ye shall see the sonne of man ascende vp thyther where he was before?

63 It is the spirite that quickeneth, the fleshe profiteth nothyng. The wordes that I speake vnto you, are spirite and lyfe.

64 But there are some of you that beleue not. For Iesus knewe from the begynning, which they were that beleued not, and who shoulde betray hym.

65 And he sayde: Therfore saide I vnto you, that no man can come vnto me, except it were geue vnto him of my father.

66 From that time, many of his disciples wet backe, & walked no more with him.

67 Then sayde Iesus vnto the twelue: Wyll ye also go away?

68 Then Simon Peter aunswered him: Lorde, to who shall we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe:

69 And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe, the sonne of ye lyuyng God.

70 Iesus aunswereth them: Haue not I chosen you twelue, and one of you is a deuyll?

71 He spake of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon: For he it was, that shoulde betray hym, beyng one of the twelue.