Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 6, 41-51

GOSPEL 

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven" 

Alleluia. Alleluia.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven,

says the Lord;

if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.

Alleluia. (Jn 6:51) 

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 6, 41-51 

At that time,

    the Jews complained against Jesus 

because he had declared: 

“I am the bread which came down from heaven. " 

    They said, 

" This one is not it Jesus, son of Joseph? 

We know his father and mother well. 

So how can he say now, 

'I have come down from heaven'? " 

    Jesus spoke again: 

" Do not complain among yourselves. 

    No one can come to me 

unless the Father who sent me draws him, 

and I will raise him up at the last day. 

    It is written in the prophets: 

They will all be instructed by God himself. 

Anyone who has heard the Father and received his teaching 

comes to me. 

    Certainly, no one has ever seen the Father, 

except the one who comes from God: 

he alone has seen the Father. 

    Amen, amen, I tell you 

, he who believes has eternal life. 

    I am the bread of life. 

    In the wilderness your fathers ate the manna, 

and they died; 

    but the bread which comes down from heaven is such 

that he who eats it will not die.

    I am the living bread 

which came down from heaven: 

if anyone eats of this bread, 

he will live forever. 

The bread that I will give is my flesh, 

given for the life of the world. " 

    - Let us acclaim the Word of God.