56 All who eat my flesh and drink my blood remain in me, and I in them. I am the true bread from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever and not die as your ancestors did, even though they ate the manna. He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. It is the Spirit who gives eternal life.
Human effort accomplishes nothing.
And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But some of you don't believe me. At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. You alone have the words that give eternal life. We believe them, and we know you are the Holy One of God.