13. “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, not Moses gave you bread from heaven, but my Father gave you bread from heaven. For the true bread is He that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.” The true bread then is He that giveth life to the world; and the same is the meat of which I have spoken a little before,—“Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto eternal life.” Therefore, both that manna signified this meat, and all those signs were signs of me. Ye have longed for signs of me; do ye despise Him that was signified? Not Moses then gave bread from heaven: God gives bread. But what bread? Manna, perhaps? No, but the bread which manna signified, namely, the Lord Jesus Himself. My Father giveth you the true bread. “For the bread of God is He that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world. Then said they unto Him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.” Like that Samaritan woman, to whom it was said, “Whoso drinketh of this water shall never thirst.” She, immediately understanding it in reference to the body, and wishing to be rid of want, said, “Give me, O Lord, of this water;” in the same manner also these said, “O Lord, give us this bread;” which may refresh us, and yet not fail.

13. Dixit ergo eis Jesus: Amen, amen dico vobis, non Moyses dedit vobis panem de coelo, sed Pater meus dedit vobis panem de coelo, sed Pater meus dedit vobis panem de coelo. Verus enim panis est qui de coelo descendit, et dat vitam mundo. Verus ergo ille panis est qui dat vitam mundo; et ipse cibus est de quo paulo ante locutus sum, Operamini cibum non qui 1603 perit, sed qui permanet in vitam aeternam. Ergo et illud manna hoc significabat, et illa omnia signa mea erant. Signa mea dilexistis; qui significabatur, contemnitis? Non ergo Moyses dedit panem de coelo: Deus dat panem. Sed quem panem? forte manna? Non, sed panem quem significavit manna, ipsum scilicet Dominum Jesum. Pater meus dat vobis panem verum. Panis enim Dei est qui descendit de coelo, et dat vitam mundo. Dixerunt ergo ad eum: Domine; da nobis semper panem hunc. Quomodo mulier illa Samaritana, cui dictum est, Qui biberit de hac aqua, non sitiet unquam; continuo illa secundum corpus accipiens, sed tamen carere indigentia volens, Da mihi, inquit, Domine, de hac aqua: sic et isti, Domine, da nobis panem hunc, qui nos reficiat, nec deficiat.