When they
found him on the other side of the lake,
They asked
him, Rabbi, “when did you get here?”
Jesus
answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for Me,
Not
because you saw miraculous signs
But
because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
DO
NOT WORK FOR FOOD THAT SPOILS,
But
for food that endures to Eternal LIFE,
Which the Son
of man will give you.
On him God
the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
Then
they asked Him ,
“WHAT
MUST WE DO TO DO THE WORKS GOD REQUIRES?'
Jesus
answered,
“The
work of God is this: To believe in the One He has sent.”
So they asked
Him,
“What
miraculous sign then will You give
That we may
see it and believe You?”
What will You
do?
Our
forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written:
‘He gave
them bread from heaven to eat.’
Jesus said to
them, “I tell you the truth,
It is not
Moses who has given you The Bread from Heaven,
But it is
My Father who gives you the True Bread from Heaven.
For the Bread
of God is He who comes down from Heaven
And gives
LIFE to the World.”
Then
Jesus declared,
“I
AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.
He who comes
to Me will never go hungry,
And he who
believes in Me will never be thirsty.
But as I told
you, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
ALL THE
FATHER GIVES ME WILL COME TO ME,
And whoever
comes to Me I will never drive away.
For I have
come down from Heaven not to do My will
But to do
the will of Him who sent Me.
And this is
the will of Him who sent Me,
THAT
I SHALL LOSE NONE OF ALL THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME.
BUT
RAISE THEM UP AT THE LAST DAY.
For my
Father’s will is
That everyone
who looks to the son and believes in him
Shall
have Eternal LIFE,
And
I will raise him up at The Last Day.”
At this the
Jews began to grumble about Him because He said,
“I AM
THE BREAD THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.”
They said ,
“Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,
Whose father
and mother we know?
How can He
now say, ’I came down from heaven’?”
“Stop
grumbling among yourselves,”
Jesus
answered.
“NO ONE
CAN COME TO ME
UNLESS THE
FATHER WHO SENT ME DRAWS HIM,
And I will
raise him up at the last day.
It is written
in the Prophets;
'THEY WILL
ALL BE TAUGHT BY GOD.'
EVERYONE
WHO LISTENS TO THE FATHER
AND LEARNS
FROM HIM COMES TO ME.
No one has
seen the Father except The One Who is from God;
Only He has
seen the Father.
I tell you
the Truth, he who believes has Everlasting LIFE.
I AM THE
BREAD OF LIFE.
Your
forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died.
But here is
The Bread that comes down from Heaven,
Which a man
may eat and not die.
I AM THE
LIVING BREAD THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
If a man eats
of This Bread he will live Forever.
This Bread is
My Flesh, which I will give for the life of the World.”
Then the Jews
began to argue sharply among themselves,
“How can
this man give us His flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to
them, “ I tell you the truth,
UNLESS YOU
EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN
AND DRINK
HIS BLOOD YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.
WHOEVER EATS
MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD HAS ETERNAL LIFE
AND I WILL
RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.
FOR MY
FLESH IS REAL FOOD AND MY BLOOD REAL DRINK
Whoever eats
My Flesh and drinks My Blood
REMAINS IN
ME, AND I IN HIM.
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.
THIS
IS THE BREAD THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
Our
forefathers ate manna and died,
But he who
feeds on This Bread will live Forever.”
Aware that
his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them,
DOES THIS
OFFEND YOU?
What if you
see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
THE SPIRIT
GIVE LIFE; THE FLESH COUNTS FOR NOTHING
THE
WORDS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE
Yet
there are some of you who do not believe.”
For Jesus had
know from the beginning
Which of them
did not believe and who would betray Him.
He went on to
say,
“THIS
IS YOU I TOLD YOU THAT NO ONE CAN COME TO ME
UNLESS
THE FATHER HAS ENABLED HIM.”
From this
time many of His Disciples turned back and no longer followed Him.
“You do not
want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter
answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have The
Words of Eternal LIFE.
We believe
and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
Then Jesus
replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve?”
Yet one of
you is a devil!”
(He meant
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who though one of the Twelve,
Was later to
betray him.)
(John
6:25-71)
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