18 This fellow is beside himself. We heard him say, I am the bread of life that comes from heaven; and we all know that he is but a man, the son of man, who came from Nazareth; we know his mother, and his other kin. 19 And Jesus knew their thoughts; he said to them, Why murmur you, and reason thus among yourselves? 20 The Christ is everlasting life; he came from heaven; he has the keys of heaven, and no man enters into heaven except he fills himself with Christ. 21 I came in flesh to do the will of God, and, lo, this flesh and blood are filled with Christ; and so I am the living bread that comes from heaven; 22 And when you eat this flesh and drink this blood you will have everlasting life; and if you will, you may become the bread of life. 23 And many of the people were enraged; they said, How can this man give us his flesh to eat, his blood to drink? 24 And his disciples were aggrieved because he said these things, and many turned away and followed him no more. 25 They said, This is a fearful thing for him to say, If you eat not my flesh and drink my blood, you cannot enter into life. 26 They could not comprehend the parable he spoke. 27 And Jesus said, You stumble and you fall before the truth; What will you do when you shall see this flesh and blood transmuted into higher form? 28 What will you say when you shall see the son of man ascending on the clouds of heaven? 29 What will you say when you shall see the son of man sit on the throne of God? 30 The flesh is naught; the spirit is the quickening power. The words I speak are spirit; they are life. 31 When Jesus saw the many who had been so loud in their professions of their faith in him, turn back and go away, he said unto the twelve, 32 Will you desert me in this hour and go away? 33 But Peter said, Lord, we have no place else to go; you have the words of everlasting life; we know that you are sent to us from God. CHAPTER 126. _Scribes and Pharisees visit Jesus. They censure him for eating with unwashed hands. He defends his acts and teaches a lesson on hypocrisy. Privately explains to the twelve his public teachings._ A company of scribes and Pharisees came from Jerusalem to learn wherein the power of Jesus lay. 2 But when they learned that he and his disciples heeded not the custom of the Jews, regarding washing of the hands before they ate, they were amazed. 3 And Jesus said, Hypocrisy is queen among you scribes and Pharisees. Of you Isaiah wrote: 4 This people honor me with lips; their hearts are far away. In vain they worship me; their doctrines are the dogmas and the creeds of men. 5 You men who pose as men of God, and still reject the laws of God and teach the laws of men, 6 Stand forth and tell when God gave unto men the ceremonial laws that you observe; and tell these people how the spirit life is sullied if one washes not before he eats. 7 His critics answered not, and then he said,