^{53 Ref} Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

^{54 Ref} He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

^{55 Ref} My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

^{56 Ref} He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.

^{57 Ref} As 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.

^{58 Ref} This 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.

^{59 Ref} Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.

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

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

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

^{63 Ref} The 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.

^{64 Ref} But 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.

^{65 Ref} And 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.

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