John:6-8.
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After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee ,
which is the sea of Tiberias .
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And a great multitude followed him ,
because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased .
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And Jesus went up into a mountain ,
and there he sat with his disciples .
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And the passover ,
a feast of the Jews ,
was nigh .
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When Jesus then lifted up his eyes ,
and saw a great company come unto him ,
he saith unto Philip ,
Whence shall we buy bread ,
that these may eat ?
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And this he said to prove him :
for he himself knew what he would do .
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Philip answered him ,
Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them ,
that every one of them may take a little .
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One of his disciples ,
Andrew ,
Simon Peter '
s brother ,
saith unto him ,
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There is a lad here ,
which hath five barley loaves ,
and two small fishes :
but what are they among so many ?
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And Jesus said ,
Make the men sit down .
Now there was much grass in the place .
So the men sat down ,
in number about five thousand .
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And Jesus took the loaves ;
and when he had given thanks ,
he distributed to the disciples ,
and the disciples to them that were set down ;
and likewise of the fishes as much as they would .
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When they were filled ,
he said unto his disciples ,
Gather up the fragments that remain ,
that nothing be lost .
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Therefore they gathered them together ,
and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves ,
which remained over and above unto them that had eaten .
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Then those men ,
when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did ,
said ,
This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world .
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When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force ,
to make him a king ,
he departed again into a mountain himself alone .
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And when even was now come ,
his disciples went down unto the sea ,
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And entered into a ship ,
and went over the sea toward Capernaum .
And it was now dark ,
and Jesus was not come to them .
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And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew .
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So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs ,
they see Jesus walking on the sea ,
and drawing nigh unto the ship :
and they were afraid .
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But he saith unto them ,
It is I ;
be not afraid .
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Then they willingly received him into the ship :
and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went .
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The day following ,
when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there ,
save that one whereinto his disciples were entered ,
and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat ,
but that his disciples were gone away alone ;
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Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread ,
after that the Lord had given thanks :)
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When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there ,
neither his disciples ,
they also took shipping ,
and came to Capernaum ,
seeking for Jesus .
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And when they had found him on the other side of the sea ,
they said unto him ,
Rabbi ,
when camest thou hither ?
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Jesus answered them and said ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
Ye seek me ,
not because ye saw the miracles ,
but because ye did eat of the loaves ,
and were filled .
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Labour not for the meat which perisheth ,
but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life ,
which the Son of man shall give unto you :
for him hath God the Father sealed .
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Then said they unto him ,
What shall we do ,
that we might work the works of God ?
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Jesus answered and said unto them ,
This is the work of God ,
that ye believe on him whom he hath sent .
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They said therefore unto him ,
What sign shewest thou then ,
that we may see ,
and believe thee ?
what dost thou work ?
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Our fathers did eat manna in the desert ;
as it is written ,
He gave them bread from heaven to eat .
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Then Jesus said unto them ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ;
but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven .
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For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven ,
and giveth life unto the world .
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Then said they unto him ,
Lord ,
evermore give us this bread .
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And Jesus said unto them ,
I am the bread of life :
he that cometh to me shall never hunger ;
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst .
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But I said unto you ,
That ye also have seen me ,
and believe not .
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All that the Father giveth me shall come to me ;
and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out .
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For I came down from heaven ,
not to do mine own will ,
but the will of him that sent me .
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And this is the Father '
s will which hath sent me ,
that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing ,
but should raise it up again at the last day .
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And this is the will of him that sent me ,
that every one which seeth the Son ,
and believeth on him ,
may have everlasting life :
and I will raise him up at the last day .
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The Jews then murmured at him ,
because he said ,
I am the bread which came down from heaven .
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And they said ,
Is not this Jesus ,
the son of Joseph ,
whose father and mother we know ?
how is it then that he saith ,
I came down from heaven ?
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Jesus therefore answered and said unto them ,
Murmur not among yourselves .
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No man can come to me ,
except the Father which hath sent me draw him :
and I will raise him up at the last day .
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It is written in the prophets ,
And they shall be all taught of God .
Every man therefore that hath heard ,
and hath learned of the Father ,
cometh unto me .
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Not that any man hath seen the Father ,
save he which is of God ,
he hath seen the Father .
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Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
He that believeth on me hath everlasting life .
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I am that bread of life .
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Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness ,
and are dead .
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This is the bread which cometh down from heaven ,
that a man may eat thereof ,
and not die .
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I am the living bread which came down from heaven :
if any man eat of this bread ,
he shall live for ever :
and the bread that I will give is my flesh ,
which I will give for the life of the world .
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The Jews therefore strove among themselves ,
saying ,
How can this man give us his flesh to eat ?
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Then Jesus said unto them ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man ,
and drink his blood ,
ye have no life in you .
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Whoso eateth my flesh ,
and drinketh my blood ,
hath eternal life ;
and I will raise him up at the last day .
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For my flesh is meat indeed ,
and my blood is drink indeed .
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He that eateth my flesh ,
and drinketh my blood ,
dwelleth in me ,
and I in him .
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As the living Father hath sent me ,
and I live by the Father :
so he that eateth me ,
even he shall live by me .
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This is that bread which came down from heaven :
not as your fathers did eat manna ,
and are dead :
he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever .
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These things said he in the synagogue ,
as he taught in Capernaum .
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Many therefore of his disciples ,
when they had heard this ,
said ,
This is an hard saying ;
who can hear it ?
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When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it ,
he said unto them ,
Doth this offend you ?
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What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before ?
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It is the spirit that quickeneth ;
the flesh profiteth nothing :
the words that I speak unto you ,
they are spirit ,
and they are life .
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But there are some of you that believe not .
For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not ,
and who should betray him .
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And he said ,
Therefore said I unto you ,
that no man can come unto me ,
except it were given unto him of my Father .
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From that time many of his disciples went back ,
and walked no more with him .
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Then said Jesus unto the twelve ,
Will ye also go away ?
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Then Simon Peter answered him ,
Lord ,
to whom shall we go ?
thou hast the words of eternal life .
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And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ ,
the Son of the living God .
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Jesus answered them ,
Have not I chosen you twelve ,
and one of you is a devil ?
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He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon :
for he it was that should betray him ,
being one of the twelve .
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After these things Jesus walked in Galilee :
for he would not walk in Jewry ,
because the Jews sought to kill him .
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Now the Jews '
feast of tabernacles was at hand .
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His brethren therefore said unto him ,
Depart hence ,
and go into Judaea ,
that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest .
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For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret ,
and he himself seeketh to be known openly .
If thou do these things ,
shew thyself to the world .
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For neither did his brethren believe in him .
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Then Jesus said unto them ,
My time is not yet come :
but your time is alway ready .
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The world cannot hate you ;
but me it hateth ,
because I testify of it ,
that the works thereof are evil .
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Go ye up unto this feast :
I go not up yet unto this feast ;
for my time is not yet full come .
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When he had said these words unto them ,
he abode still in Galilee .
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But when his brethren were gone up ,
then went he also up unto the feast ,
not openly ,
but as it were in secret .
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Then the Jews sought him at the feast ,
and said ,
Where is he ?
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And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him :
for some said ,
He is a good man :
others said ,
Nay ;
but he deceiveth the people .
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Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews .
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Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple ,
and taught .
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And the Jews marvelled ,
saying ,
How knoweth this man letters ,
having never learned ?
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Jesus answered them ,
and said ,
My doctrine is not mine ,
but his that sent me .
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If any man will do his will ,
he shall know of the doctrine ,
whether it be of God ,
or whether I speak of myself .
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He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory :
but he that seeketh his glory that sent him ,
the same is true ,
and no unrighteousness is in him .
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Did not Moses give you the law ,
and yet none of you keepeth the law ?
Why go ye about to kill me ?
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The people answered and said ,
Thou hast a devil :
who goeth about to kill thee ?
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Jesus answered and said unto them ,
I have done one work ,
and ye all marvel .
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Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision ; (
not because it is of Moses ,
but of the fathers ;)
and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man .
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If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision ,
that the law of Moses should not be broken ;
are ye angry at me ,
because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day ?
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Judge not according to the appearance ,
but judge righteous judgment .
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Then said some of them of Jerusalem ,
Is not this he ,
whom they seek to kill ?
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But ,
lo ,
he speaketh boldly ,
and they say nothing unto him .
Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ ?
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Howbeit we know this man whence he is :
but when Christ cometh ,
no man knoweth whence he is .
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Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught ,
saying ,
Ye both know me ,
and ye know whence I am :
and I am not come of myself ,
but he that sent me is true ,
whom ye know not .
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But I know him :
for I am from him ,
and he hath sent me .
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Then they sought to take him :
but no man laid hands on him ,
because his hour was not yet come .
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And many of the people believed on him ,
and said ,
When Christ cometh ,
will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done ?
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The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him ;
and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him .
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Then said Jesus unto them ,
Yet a little while am I with you ,
and then I go unto him that sent me .
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Ye shall seek me ,
and shall not find me :
and where I am ,
thither ye cannot come .
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Then said the Jews among themselves ,
Whither will he go ,
that we shall not find him ?
will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles ,
and teach the Gentiles ?
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What manner of saying is this that he said ,
Ye shall seek me ,
and shall not find me :
and where I am ,
thither ye cannot come ?
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In the last day ,
that great day of the feast ,
Jesus stood and cried ,
saying ,
If any man thirst ,
let him come unto me ,
and drink .
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He that believeth on me ,
as the scripture hath said ,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water .
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But this spake he of the Spirit ,
which they that believe on him should receive :
for the Holy Ghost was not yet given ;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified .)
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Many of the people therefore ,
when they heard this saying ,
said ,
Of a truth this is the Prophet .
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Others said ,
This is the Christ .
But some said ,
Shall Christ come out of Galilee ?
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Hath not the scripture said ,
That Christ cometh of the seed of David ,
and out of the town of Bethlehem ,
where David was ?
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So there was a division among the people because of him .
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And some of them would have taken him ;
but no man laid hands on him .
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Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees ;
and they said unto them ,
Why have ye not brought him ?
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The officers answered ,
Never man spake like this man .
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Then answered them the Pharisees ,
Are ye also deceived ?
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Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him ?
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But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed .
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Nicodemus saith unto them , (
he that came to Jesus by night ,
being one of them ,)
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Doth our law judge any man ,
before it hear him ,
and know what he doeth ?
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They answered and said unto him ,
Art thou also of Galilee ?
Search ,
and look :
for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet .
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And every man went unto his own house .
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Jesus went unto the mount of Olives .
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And early in the morning he came again into the temple ,
and all the people came unto him ;
and he sat down ,
and taught them .
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And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery ;
and when they had set her in the midst ,
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They say unto him ,
Master ,
this woman was taken in adultery ,
in the very act .
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Now Moses in the law commanded us ,
that such should be stoned :
but what sayest thou ?
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This they said ,
tempting him ,
that they might have to accuse him .
But Jesus stooped down ,
and with his finger wrote on the ground ,
as though he heard them not .
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So when they continued asking him ,
he lifted up himself ,
and said unto them ,
He that is without sin among you ,
let him first cast a stone at her .
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And again he stooped down ,
and wrote on the ground .
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And they which heard it ,
being convicted by their own conscience ,
went out one by one ,
beginning at the eldest ,
even unto the last :
and Jesus was left alone ,
and the woman standing in the midst .
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When Jesus had lifted up himself ,
and saw none but the woman ,
he said unto her ,
Woman ,
where are those thine accusers ?
hath no man condemned thee ?
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She said ,
No man ,
Lord .
And Jesus said unto her ,
Neither do I condemn thee :
go ,
and sin no more .
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Then spake Jesus again unto them ,
saying ,
I am the light of the world :
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness ,
but shall have the light of life .
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The Pharisees therefore said unto him ,
Thou bearest record of thyself ;
thy record is not true .
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Jesus answered and said unto them ,
Though I bear record of myself ,
yet my record is true :
for I know whence I came ,
and whither I go ;
but ye cannot tell whence I come ,
and whither I go .
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Ye judge after the flesh ;
I judge no man .
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And yet if I judge ,
my judgment is true :
for I am not alone ,
but I and the Father that sent me .
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It is also written in your law ,
that the testimony of two men is true .
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I am one that bear witness of myself ,
and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me .
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Then said they unto him ,
Where is thy Father ?
Jesus answered ,
Ye neither know me ,
nor my Father :
if ye had known me ,
ye should have known my Father also .
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These words spake Jesus in the treasury ,
as he taught in the temple :
and no man laid hands on him ;
for his hour was not yet come .
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Then said Jesus again unto them ,
I go my way ,
and ye shall seek me ,
and shall die in your sins :
whither I go ,
ye cannot come .
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Then said the Jews ,
Will he kill himself ?
because he saith ,
Whither I go ,
ye cannot come .
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And he said unto them ,
Ye are from beneath ;
I am from above :
ye are of this world ;
I am not of this world .
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I said therefore unto you ,
that ye shall die in your sins :
for if ye believe not that I am he ,
ye shall die in your sins .
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Then said they unto him ,
Who art thou ?
And Jesus saith unto them ,
Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning .
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I have many things to say and to judge of you :
but he that sent me is true ;
and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him .
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They understood not that he spake to them of the Father .
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Then said Jesus unto them ,
When ye have lifted up the Son of man ,
then shall ye know that I am he ,
and that I do nothing of myself ;
but as my Father hath taught me ,
I speak these things .
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And he that sent me is with me :
the Father hath not left me alone ;
for I do always those things that please him .
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As he spake these words ,
many believed on him .
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him ,
If ye continue in my word ,
then are ye my disciples indeed ;
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And ye shall know the truth ,
and the truth shall make you free .
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They answered him ,
We be Abraham '
s seed ,
and were never in bondage to any man :
how sayest thou ,
Ye shall be made free ?
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Jesus answered them ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin .
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And the servant abideth not in the house for ever :
but the Son abideth ever .
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If the Son therefore shall make you free ,
ye shall be free indeed .
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I know that ye are Abraham '
s seed ;
but ye seek to kill me ,
because my word hath no place in you .
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I speak that which I have seen with my Father :
and ye do that which ye have seen with your father .
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They answered and said unto him ,
Abraham is our father .
Jesus saith unto them ,
If ye were Abraham '
s children ,
ye would do the works of Abraham .
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But now ye seek to kill me ,
a man that hath told you the truth ,
which I have heard of God :
this did not Abraham .
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Ye do the deeds of your father .
Then said they to him ,
We be not born of fornication ;
we have one Father ,
even God .
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Jesus said unto them ,
If God were your Father ,
ye would love me :
for I proceeded forth and came from God ;
neither came I of myself ,
but he sent me .
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Why do ye not understand my speech ?
even because ye cannot hear my word .
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Ye are of your father the devil ,
and the lusts of your father ye will do .
He was a murderer from the beginning ,
and abode not in the truth ,
because there is no truth in him .
When he speaketh a lie ,
he speaketh of his own :
for he is a liar ,
and the father of it .
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And because I tell you the truth ,
ye believe me not .
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Which of you convinceth me of sin ?
And if I say the truth ,
why do ye not believe me ?
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He that is of God heareth God '
s words :
ye therefore hear them not ,
because ye are not of God .
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Then answered the Jews ,
and said unto him ,
Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan ,
and hast a devil ?
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Jesus answered ,
I have not a devil ;
but I honour my Father ,
and ye do dishonour me .
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And I seek not mine own glory :
there is one that seeketh and judgeth .
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Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
If a man keep my saying ,
he shall never see death .
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Then said the Jews unto him ,
Now we know that thou hast a devil .
Abraham is dead ,
and the prophets ;
and thou sayest ,
If a man keep my saying ,
he shall never taste of death .
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Art thou greater than our father Abraham ,
which is dead ?
and the prophets are dead :
whom makest thou thyself ?
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Jesus answered ,
If I honour myself ,
my honour is nothing :
it is my Father that honoureth me ;
of whom ye say ,
that he is your God :
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Yet ye have not known him ;
but I know him :
and if I should say ,
I know him not ,
I shall be a liar like unto you :
but I know him ,
and keep his saying .
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Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day :
and he saw it ,
and was glad .
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Then said the Jews unto him ,
Thou art not yet fifty years old ,
and hast thou seen Abraham ?
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Jesus said unto them ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
Before Abraham was ,
I am .
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Then took they up stones to cast at him :
but Jesus hid himself ,
and went out of the temple ,
going through the midst of them ,
and so passed by .
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And as Jesus passed by ,
he saw a man which was blind from his birth .
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