NAS - John 6:52-71

⁵²Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?" ⁵³So 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 yourselves.⁵⁴"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.⁵⁵"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.⁵⁶"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.⁵⁷"As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.⁵⁸"This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

⁵⁹These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?" ⁶¹But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?⁶²"What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?⁶³"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.⁶⁴"But there are some of you who do not believe."For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him. ⁶⁵And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."

Peter's Confession of Faith

⁶⁶As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. ⁶⁷So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"⁶⁸Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. ⁶⁹"We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God." ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?"⁷¹Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.