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Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.
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He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”
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I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
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No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
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To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
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The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
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Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
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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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For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
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At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
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They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’ ?”
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But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
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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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This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
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Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
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Jesus Prays to Be Glorified
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.