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John 5:1

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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John 5:2

Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes.

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John 5:3

In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or paralyzed.

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John 5:5

Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

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John 5:6

Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

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John 5:7

The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me."

John 5:8

Jesus said to him, "Get up, pick up your pallet and walk."

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John 5:9

Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.

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John 5:10

So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is a Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."

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John 5:11

But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk.'"

John 5:12

They asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"

John 5:13

But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place.

John 5:14

Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you."

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John 5:15

The man went away, and informed the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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John 5:16

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath.

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John 5:17

But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."

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John 5:18

For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

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John 5:19

Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same way.

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John 5:20

"For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

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John 5:21

"For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

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John 5:22

"For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

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John 5:23

so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

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John 5:24

"Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

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John 5:25

"Truly, truly, I say to you, a time is coming and even now has arrived, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

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John 5:26

"For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

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John 5:27

and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

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John 5:28

"Do not be amazed at this; for a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

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John 5:29

and will come out: those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

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John 5:30

"I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

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John 5:31

"If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true.

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John 5:32

"There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

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John 5:33

"You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

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John 5:34

"But the testimony I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

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John 5:35

"He was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

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John 5:36

"But the testimony I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

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John 5:37

"And the Father who sent Me, He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.

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John 5:38

"Also you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent.

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John 5:39

"You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me;

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John 5:40

and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

John 5:41

"I do not receive glory from people;

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John 5:42

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

John 5:43

"I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

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John 5:44

"How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

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John 5:45

"Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

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John 5:46

"For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.

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John 5:47

"But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"

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John 6:1

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

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John 6:2

A large crowd was following Him, because they were watching the signs which He was performing on those who were sick.

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John 6:3

But Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

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John 6:4

Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

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John 6:5

So Jesus, after raising His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat?"

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John 6:6

But He was saying this only to test him, for He Himself knew what He intended to do.

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John 6:7

Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to receive just a little!"

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John 6:8

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

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John 6:9

"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?"

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John 6:10

Jesus said, "Have the people recline to eat." Now there was plenty of grass in the place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.

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John 6:11

Jesus then took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were reclining; likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.

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John 6:12

And when they had eaten their fill, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost."

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John 6:13

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

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John 6:14

Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

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John 6:15

So Jesus, aware that they intended to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself, alone.

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John 6:16

Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

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John 6:17

and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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John 6:18

In addition, the sea began getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.

John 6:19

Then, when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat; and they were frightened.

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John 6:20

But He said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid."

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John 6:21

So they were willing to take Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

John 6:22

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there except one, and that Jesus had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had departed alone.

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John 6:23

Other small boats came from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

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John 6:24

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus.

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John 6:25

And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You get here?"

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John 6:26

Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled.

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John 6:27

"Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

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John 6:28

Therefore they said to Him, "What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?"

John 6:29

Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."

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John 6:30

So they said to Him, "What then are You doing as a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing?

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John 6:31

"Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: 'HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.'"

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John 6:32

Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

John 6:33

"For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."

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John 6:34

Then they said to Him, "Lord, always give us this bread."

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John 6:35

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.

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John 6:36

"But I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe.

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John 6:37

"Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out.

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John 6:38

"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

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John 6:39

"And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of everything that He has given Me I will lose nothing, but will raise it up on the last day.

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John 6:40

"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

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John 6:41

So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven."

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John 6:42

And they were saying, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

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John 6:43

Jesus answered and said to them, "Stop complaining among yourselves.

John 6:44

"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

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John 6:45

"It is written in the Prophets: 'AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

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John 6:46

"Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

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John 6:47

"Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes has eternal life.

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John 6:48

"I am the bread of life.

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John 6:49

"Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

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John 6:50

"This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and not die.

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John 6:51

"I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I will give for the life of the world also is My flesh."

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John 6:52

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?"

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John 6:53

So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

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John 6:54

"The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

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John 6:55

"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

John 6:56

"The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

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John 6:57

"Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

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John 6:58

"This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread will live forever."

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John 6:59

These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

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John 6:60

So then many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This statement is very unpleasant; who can listen to it?"

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John 6:61

But Jesus, aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, "Is this offensive to you?

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John 6:62

"What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

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John 6:63

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.

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John 6:64

"But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray Him.

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John 6:65

And He was saying, "For this reason I have told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."

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John 6:66

As a result of this many of His disciples left, and would no longer walk with Him.

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John 6:67

So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to leave also, do you?"

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John 6:68

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.

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John 6:69

"And we have already believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God."

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John 6:70

Jesus answered them, "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

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John 6:71

Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.

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John 7:1

After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

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John 7:2

Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.

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John 7:3

So His brothers said to Him, "Move on from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

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John 7:4

"For no one does anything in secret when he himself is striving to be known publicly. If You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world."

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John 7:5

For not even His brothers believed in Him.

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John 7:6

So Jesus said to them, "My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready.

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John 7:7

"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that its deeds are evil.

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John 7:8

"Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet fully arrived."

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John 7:9

Now having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

John 7:10

But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as though in secret.

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John 7:11

So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and saying, "Where is He?"

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John 7:12

And there was a great deal of talk about Him in secret among the crowds: some were saying, "He is a good man"; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He is misleading the people."

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John 7:13

However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for fear of the Jews.

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John 7:14

But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to teach.

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John 7:15

The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this Man become learned, not having been educated?"

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John 7:16

So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.

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John 7:17

"If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself.

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John 7:18

"The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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John 7:19

"Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you seeking to kill Me?"

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John 7:20

The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?"

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John 7:21

Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all are astonished.

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John 7:22

"For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man.

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John 7:23

"If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath?

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John 7:24

"Do not judge by the outward appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

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John 7:25

So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this Man not the one whom they are seeking to kill?

John 7:26

"And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

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John 7:27

"However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from."

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John 7:28

Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know Me and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

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John 7:29

"I do know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me."

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John 7:30

So they were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

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John 7:31

But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has done, will He?"

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John 7:32

The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Him.

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John 7:33

Therefore Jesus said, "For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then I am going to Him who sent Me.

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John 7:34

"You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come."

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John 7:35

The Jews then said to one another, "Where does this Man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He?

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John 7:36

"What is this statement that He said, 'You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come'?"

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John 7:37

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

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John 7:38

"The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'"

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John 7:39

But this He said in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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John 7:40

Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, "This truly is the Prophet."

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John 7:41

Others were saying, "This is the Christ." But others were saying, "Surely the Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He?

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John 7:42

"Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

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John 7:43

So a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him.

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John 7:44

And some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

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John 7:45

The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"

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John 7:46

The officers answered, "Never has a man spoken in this way!"

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John 7:47

The Pharisees then replied to them, "You have not been led astray too, have you?

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John 7:48

"Not one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

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John 7:49

"But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!"

John 7:50

Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them,

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John 7:51

"Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"

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John 7:52

They answered and said to him, "You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."

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John 7:53

[[And everyone went to his home.

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John 8:1

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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John 8:2

And early in the morning He came again into the temple area, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began teaching them.

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John 8:3

Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in the act of adultery, and after placing her in the center of the courtyard,

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John 8:4

they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery.

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John 8:5

"Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?"

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John 8:6

Now they were saying this to test Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

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John 8:7

When they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

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John 8:8

And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

John 8:9

Now when they heard this, they began leaving, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman where she was, in the center of the courtyard.

John 8:10

And straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

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John 8:11

She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on do not sin any longer."]]

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John 8:12

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."

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John 8:13

So the Pharisees said to Him, "You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true."

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John 8:14

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I am testifying about Myself, My testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

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John 8:15

"You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone.

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John 8:16

"But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

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John 8:17

"Even in your Law it has been written that the testimony of two people is true.

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John 8:18

"I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."

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John 8:19

So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."

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John 8:20

These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because His hour had not yet come.

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John 8:21

Then He said again to them, "I am going away, and you will look for Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."

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John 8:22

So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"

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John 8:23

And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.

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John 8:24

"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am, you will die in your sins."

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John 8:25

Then they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, "What have I even been saying to you from the beginning?

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John 8:26

"I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world."

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John 8:27

They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father.

John 8:28

So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and I do nothing on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me.

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John 8:29

"And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."

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John 8:30

As He said these things, many came to believe in Him.

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John 8:31

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples;

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John 8:32

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

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John 8:33

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free'?"

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John 8:34

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

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John 8:35

"Now the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.

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John 8:36

"So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.

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John 8:37

"I know that you are Abraham's descendants; yet you are seeking to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

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John 8:38

"I speak of the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father."

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John 8:39

They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

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John 8:40

"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

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John 8:41

"You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him, "We were not born as a result of sexual immorality; we have one Father: God."

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John 8:42

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for I have not even come on My own, but He sent Me.

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John 8:43

"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot listen to My word.

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John 8:44

"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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John 8:45

"But because I say the truth, you do not believe Me.

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John 8:46

"Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

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John 8:47

"The one who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."

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John 8:48

The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not rightly say that You are a Samaritan, and You have a demon?"

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John 8:49

Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

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John 8:50

"But I am not seeking My glory; there is One who seeks it, and judges.

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John 8:51

"Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone follows My word, he will never see death."

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John 8:52

The Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets as well; and yet You say, 'If anyone follows My word, he will never taste of death.'

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John 8:53

"You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? The prophets died too. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?"

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John 8:54

Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'He is our God';

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John 8:55

and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you; but I do know Him, and I follow His word.

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John 8:56

"Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced."

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John 8:57

So the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?"

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John 8:58

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am."

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John 8:59

Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

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