What is born of the flesh is flesh,<n id="1" /> and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

You people<n id="1" /> judge by outward appearances;<n id="2" /> I do not judge anyone.<n id="3" />

&#8211; children not born<n id="1" /> by human parents<n id="2" /> or by human desire<n id="3" /> or a husband&#8217;s<n id="4" /> decision,<n id="5" /> but by God.p>

For my flesh is true<n id="1" /> food, and my blood is true<n id="2" /> drink.

The one who eats<n id="1" /> my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.<n id="2" />

just as you have given him authority over all humanity,<n id="1" /> so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the Word became flesh<n id="2" /> and took up residence<n id="3" /> among us. We<n id="4" /> saw his glory &#8211; the glory of the one and only,<n id="5" /> full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

<p class="bodytext">Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus<n id="1" /> began to argue with one another,<n id="2" /> &#8220;How can this man<n id="3" /> give us his flesh to eat?&#8221;

The one who eats<n id="1" /> my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.<n id="2" />

Jesus said to them, &#8220;I tell you the solemn truth,<n id="1" /> unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,<n id="2" /> you have no life<n id="3" /> in yourselves.

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help!<n id="1" /> The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.<n id="2" />

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread<n id="1" /> that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.&#8221;p>