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So Jesus said to them , "
Truly ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ,
you have no life in you ;
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he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life ,
and I will raise him up at the last day .
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For my flesh is food indeed ,
and my blood is drink indeed .
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He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me ,
and I in him .
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As the living Father sent me ,
and I live because of the Father ,
so he who eats me will live because of me .
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This is the bread which came down from heaven ,
not such as the fathers ate and died ;
he who eats this bread will live for ever ."
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This he said in the synagogue ,
as he taught at Caper '
na-um .
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Many of his disciples ,
when they heard it ,
said , "
This is a hard saying ;
who can listen to it ?"
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But Jesus ,
knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it ,
said to them , "
Do you take offense at this ?
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Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before ?
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It is the spirit that gives life ,
the flesh is of no avail ;
the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life .
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But there are some of you that do not believe ."
For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe ,
and who it was that would betray him .
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And he said , "
This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father ."
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After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him .