Then murmured the Jews about him, because he said, I am the bread having come down from heaven.
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, That this receives the sinful, and eats together with them.
And all they having seen, murmured, saying, That he entered in to rest with a sinful man.
And the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Wherefore eat and drink ye with publicans and sinful?
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem that they might ask him, Who art thou?
for the bread of God is he coming down from heaven, and giving life to the world.
Then answered Jesus and said to them, Murmur not with one another.
I am the bread of life.
This is the bread which having come down from heaven: not as your fathers ate manna, and died: he chewing this bread shall live forever.
Then many of his disciples, having heard, said, This is a hard word; who can hear it
From this many of his disciples went away back, and walked no more with him.
And much murmuring was for him in the crowds: some truly said, That he is good: and others said, No; but he deceives the crowd.
Neither do ye murmur, as also some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
These are murmurers, discontented, going according to their eager desires; and their mouth speaks exceeding bulky things, admiring faces on account of advantage.