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Many Disciples Desert Jesus
60Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”
61Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?62Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?63The Spirit alone egives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the …
47“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life.48Yes, I am the bread of life!49Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died.50Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer …
35Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.36But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me.37However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.38For I have come down from heaven to do the will of …
Jesus, the Bread of Life
22The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.23Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten.24So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were …
Jesus Walks on Water John 6:16-21 // Matt 14:22-33 // Mark 6:45-52
16That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him.17But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum.18Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough.19They had rowed three or four …
1After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias.2A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick.3Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.4(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.)5Jesus soon …
Witnesses to Jesus
31“If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.32But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true.33In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true.34Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but …
25“And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.26The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.27And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.28Don’t …
Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God
16So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.17But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.”18So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.
19So …
Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath
1Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.2Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.3Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches.5One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.6When Jesus saw him and knew he had …