The Jews argued among themselves, saying, How can this man give us His
flesh to eat? Then Jesus said to them, I tell you, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life within
you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life. I will
raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood
is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me
and I live in him. The living Father has sent me and I live by the
Father. Therefore, he who feeds on me will also live by me. This is
that bread that came down from heaven and not the manna your fathers
ate. He who partakes of this bread will live forever. Jesus taught this
in the synagogue at Capernaum.
When they heard this, many of His disciples said, These are hard words.
Who can hear it? Jesus knew that His disciples murmured at it and said,
Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of man ascend up where He
was before? It is the spirit that is life. The flesh means nothing. The
words I speak are about spirit and about life. But there are some of
you who do not believe. Jesus knew from the beginning who did not
believe and who would betray Him. He said, That is why I told you that
no man can come to me unless it is granted by my Father. From that time
many of His followers went back and walked with Him no more.
Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will you also go away? Simon Peter
answered, Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life.
We believe and are sure that you are Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jesus said, Have I not chosen you twelve and yet, one of you is a
devil? He spoke of Judas Iscariot who would betray Him.
7. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee. He would not go
into Judea because the Jews sought to kill Him. However, the Jewish
feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brothers said to Him, Leave here
and go into Judaea so your disciples may also see the works you do. No
one can work in secret if he desires to be known publicly. If you
really do these things, show yourself to the world. His own brothers
did not believe in Him.
Jesus said, My time is not yet come, but the time is always right for
you. The world cannot hate you but it hates me because I testify that
the ways of the world are evil. You go to the feast. I am not going
because my time has not yet fully come. Jesus stayed in Galilee until
His brothers were gone, then He went alone to the feast.
The Jews sought after Him at the feast and said, Where is He? There was
much murmuring among the people about Him. Some said, He is a good man.
Others said, No; He deceives the people. However, no one spoke openly
about Him for fear of the Jews.
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