Aug 25, 2024
[Jesus
said,] 56“Those who
eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in
them. 57Just as the
living Father sent me, and I live because of the
Father, so
whoever eats me will live because of me. 58This is the
bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your
ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will
live forever.” 59He said these
things while he was teaching in the synagogue at
Capernaum.
60When many of
his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who
can accept it?” 61But Jesus,
being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to
them, “Does this offend you? 62Then what if
you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was
before? 63It is the
spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have
spoken to you are spirit and life. 64But among you
there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first
who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that
would betray him. 65And he said,
“For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless
it is granted by the
Father.”
66Because of
this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about
with him. 67So Jesus
asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go
away?” 68Simon Peter
answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of
eternal life. 69We have come
to believe and know that you are the Holy One of
God.”