John:6:25-59
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When they found Jesus on the other side of the lake ,
they said ,
Teacher ,
when did you get here ?
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Jesus said ,
I tell you the truth .
You do not want me because you saw the big works I did ,
but you want me because you ate all the bread you wanted .
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Do not work for the food that spoils ,
but work for the food that will never spoil ,
the food that will give you life for ever .
The Son of Man will give you that food .
God my Father has chosen him to do that .
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They asked him ,
What works does God ask us to do ?
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Jesus answered them ,
The work that God asks you to do is to believe in the one whom he has sent .
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They said ,
What big work will you do ?
We want to see it and believe you .
What work are you are going to do ?
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Our fathers ate bread in the wilderness .
The holy writings say , "
He gave them bread from heaven to eat ."
Jesus said to them ,
I tell you the truth .
It was not Moses who gave you that bread from heaven .
But my Father gives you true bread from heaven .
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He who comes down from heaven is the bread that God gives .
He is the one who gives life to the world .
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They said to him ,
Lord ,
give us this bread always !
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Jesus said ,
I am the bread that gives life .
Anyone who comes to me will never be hungry .
Anyone who believes in me will never be thirsty .
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But I said to you that you have seen me ,
and yet you will not believe in me .
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All those whom my Father gives me ,
they will come to me .
I will never turn anyone away who comes to me .
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I did not come down from heaven to do what I myself want to do .
I came to do what the one who sent me wants me to do .
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My Father sent me .
He wants me to lose nothing that he has given me .
And he wants me to raise it up on the last day .
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My Father wants everyone who sees his Son and believes in him to live for ever .
I will raise him up on the last day .
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The leaders of the Jews did not like Jesus to say ,
I am the bread that has come down from heaven .
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They said ,
Is he not Josephs son ,
Jesus ?
We know his father and mother .
How can he say , "
I have come down from heaven "?
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Jesus answered them ,
There is no need for you to talk against me to each other .
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No one can come to me if my Father does not draw him .
He sent me .
I myself will raise up the one who comes to me .
I will bring him back to life on the last day .
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The prophets wrote , "
God will teach all people ."
So then ,
every person who listens to his words and learns what he says ,
he will come to me .
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But no person has seen my Father .
The only one who has seen him is the one who comes from God .
He has seen my Father .
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I tell you the truth .
The person who believes in me will live for ever .
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I am the bread that gives life .
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Your fathers ate bread in the desert long ago ,
but they died .
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Here is bread that comes down from heaven .
The person who eats this bread will never die .
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I am the bread that gives life .
I came down from heaven .
If anyone eats this bread ,
he will live for ever .
I will give bread so that the world may live .
I am that bread .
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The leaders of the Jews began to quarrel with each other about what Jesus said .
They said ,
How can he give us himself to eat ?
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Jesus said ,
I tell you the truth .
If you do not eat the Son of Man and do not drink his blood ,
you will not have life .
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Anyone who eats me and drinks my blood will live for ever .
I will raise him up at the last day .
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I am real food ,
and my blood is real drink .
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Anyone who eats me and drinks my blood is in me and I in him .
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My Father is living .
He sent me .
I have my life from him .
In the same way ,
the person who eats of me will live because of me .
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This bread which came down from heaven is not like the bread that your fathers ate .
They ate bread but they died .
Anyone who eats this bread from heaven will live for ever .
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Jesus was in the meeting house in Capernaum when he was teaching people these things .
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