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 saying: “Amen,  amen,  I say  to  you:  You  seek  me,  not  because you have  seen  miracles,  but  because  you  did  eat  of  the  loaves and were  filled. Labour not  for  the  meat  which  perisheth,  but for that  which  endureth  unto  everlasting  life,  which  the  Son  of Man  will  give  you.”

Then they  said  to  Him:  “Lord,  give  us  always  this  bread.” But He  answered:  “I  am  the  living  bread  which  came  down from heaven. If any  man  eat  of  this  bread,  he  shall  live  for ever. The bread  which  I will  give  is  my  flesh  for  the  life  of the  world.”

Hearing this,  the  Jews  who  were  in  the  synagogue  began  to dispute  among  themselves,  saying:  “How  can  this  man  give  us His  flesh  to  eat?”  Jesus,  far  from  putting  an  end  to  their  dispute, by applying  a figurative  meaning  to  His  words,  repeated  with even greater  earnestness  and  solemnity  what  He  had  spoken: “Amen, amen, I say  unto  you,  unless  you  eat  the  Flesh  of  the  Son  of Man,  and  drink  His  Blood,  you  shall  not  have  life  in  you. He that eateth  My  Flesh  and  drinketh  My  Blood,  hath  everlasting life, and  I will  raise  him  up  at  the  last  day. For My  Flesh  is