006:035 "I am the bread of Life," replied Jesus; "he who comes to me shall
never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never, never thirst.
006:036 But it is as I have said to you: you have seen me and yet
you do not believe.
006:037 Every one whom the Father gives me will come to me, and him
who comes to me I will never on any account drive away.
006:038 For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek
my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.
006:039 And this is the will of Him who sent me, that of all that He
has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it
to life on the last day.
006:040 For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze
on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life
of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."
006:041 Now the Jews began to find fault about Him because of His
claiming to be the bread which came down out of Heaven.
006:042 They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son?
Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does
he mean by now saying, `I have come down out of Heaven'?"
006:043 "Do not thus find fault among yourselves," replied Jesus;
006:044 "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him;
then I will raise him to life on the last day.
006:045 It stands written in the Prophets, `And they shall all of them
be taught by God'. Every one who listens to the Father
and learns from Him comes to me.
006:046 No one has ever seen the Father--except Him who is from God.
He has seen the Father.
006:047 "In most solemn truth I tell you that he who believes has
the Life of the Ages.
006:048 I am the bread of Life.
006:049 Your forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, and they died.
006:050 Here is the bread that comes down out of Heaven that a man
may eat it and not die.
006:051 I am the living bread come down out of Heaven.
If a man eats this bread, he shall live for ever.
Moreover the bread which I will give is my flesh given
for the life of the world."
006:052 This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man,"
they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"
006:053 "In most solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that unless
you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood,
you have no Life in you.
006:054 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has the Life of the Ages,
and I will raise him up on the last day.
006:055 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
006:056 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me,
and I remain in union with him.
006:057 As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of
the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.
006:058 This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike
that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died.
He who eats this bread shall live for ever."
006:059 Jesus said all this in the synagogue while teaching at Capernaum.
006:060 Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard it, said,
"This is hard to accept. Who can listen to such teaching?"
006:061 But, knowing in Himself that His disciples were dissatisfied
about it, Jesus asked them,
006:062 "Does this seem incredible to you? What then if you were to see
the Son of Man ascending again where He was before?
006:063 It is the spirit which gives Life. The flesh confers no
benefit whatever. The words I have spoken to you are spirit
and are Life.
006:064 But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus
knew from the beginning who those were that did not believe,
and who it was that would betray Him.
006:065 So He added, "That is why I told you that no one can come
to me unless it be granted him by the Father."
006:066 Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away,
and no longer associated with Him.
006:067 Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?"
He asked.
006:068 "Master," replied Simon Peter, "to whom shall we go?
Your teachings tell us of the Life of the Ages.
006:069 And we have come to believe and know that *you* are indeed
the Holy One of God."
006:070 "Did not I choose you--the Twelve?" said Jesus, "and even of you
one is a devil."
006:071 He alluded to Judas, the son of Simon the Iscariot.
For he it was who, though one of the Twelve, was afterwards
to betray Him.
007:001 After this Jesus moved from place to place in Galilee.
He would not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking
an opportunity to kill Him.
007:002 But the Jewish Festival of the Tent-Pitching was approaching.
007:003 So His brothers said to Him, "Leave these parts and go into Judaea,
that not only we but your disciples also may witness the miracles
which you perform.
007:004 For no one acts in secret, desiring all the while to be
himself known publicly. Since you are doing these things,
show yourself openly to the world."
007:005 For even His brothers were not believers in Him.
007:006 "My time," replied Jesus, "has not yet come, but for you any
time is suitable.
007:007 It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate,
because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is evil.
007:008 As for you, go up to the Festival. I do not now go up
to this Festival, because my time is not yet fully come."
007:009 Such was His answer, and He remained in Galilee.
007:010 When however His brothers had gone up to the Festival,
then He also went up, not openly, but as it were privately.
007:011 Meanwhile the Jews at the Festival were looking for Him
and were inquiring, "Where is he?"
007:012 Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate
about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so:
he is imposing on the people."
007:013 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke out boldly about Him.
007:014 But when the Festival was already half over, Jesus went up
to the Temple and commenced teaching.
007:015 The Jews were astonished. "How does this man know anything
of books," they said, "although he has never been at any
of the schools?"
007:016 Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does
not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.
007:017 If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about
the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.
007:018 The man whose teaching originates with himself aims at his own glory.
He who aims at the glory of Him who sent him teaches the truth,
and there is no deception in him.
007:019 Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not a man of you
obeys the Law. Why do you want to kill me?"
007:020 "You are possessed by a demon," replied the crowd; "no one wants
to kill you."
007:021 "One deed I have done," replied Jesus, "and you are all
full of wonder.
007:022 Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision
(not that it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers),
and even on a Sabbath day you circumcise a child.
007:023 If a child is circumcised even on a Sabbath day, are you bitter
against me because I have restored a man to perfect health
on a Sabbath day?
007:024 Do not form superficial judgements, but form the judgements
that are just."
007:025 Some however of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is not this
the man they are wanting to kill?
007:026 But here he is, speaking openly and boldly, and they say nothing
to him! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this
man is the Christ?
007:027 And yet we know this man, and we know where he is from;
but as for the Christ, when He comes, no one can tell where
He is from."
007:028 Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud,
and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.
And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has
sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.