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Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,
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that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
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And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
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“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice
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“I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me.
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Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
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When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”
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Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
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Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
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So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
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Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, 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.
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For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
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“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
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All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
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And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
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It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
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I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
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The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
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Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
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Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
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By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.] Then they all went home,
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At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
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A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”
