⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna^[a] your fathers ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”^(A)

⁵⁹ He said these things while teaching in the synagogue^(B) in Capernaum.^(C)

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁰ Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept^[b] it?”