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And in John 6:28-29 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

Why don't Catholics take this literally? He said He was bread. That would mean He was made of bread dough.

When Catholics take communion, do they ever get hungry again? Do they ever get thirsty again if they believe in Him. He said they wouldn't. What's the problem then with Catholics? Don't they believe Him?

And here is the security of the believer who believes in Jesus by faith.

John 6:39-40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

Jesus says here that whoever BELIEVES HAS eternal life.

But wait a minute, you all claim that whoever EATS has eternal life. Which is it? Believing or eating? Which one is wrong?

John 6:50-51 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

OK, where are all the Catholics who are living forever. Remember, we are taking this LITERALLY, focusing on the physical and material.

John 6:63-64 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

He's telling them right here that it is spiritual reality, not physical.

The Bible cannot contradict itself. Interpreting the passage literally that one needs to actually eat Jesus violates the rest of the OT and NT which prohibits the consumption of blood.

Also, interpreting that passage completely literally makes no sense and contradicts itself even within itself.

And taking if literally and metaphorically on a verse by verse basis is extremely poor hermanutics. It's what cults do and leads to error.

Jesus is clear that it's faith that saves one, believing in Him.

John 3:14-18 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”