53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man*and drink his blood,*you do not have life in yourselves.54 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood*has eternal life, and I will raise*him up on the last day,55 because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.56 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.*57 Just as the living*Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live*because of me.58 This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna*your ancestors ate — and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever."*