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Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so."

"What exactly does God want us to do?" the people asked.

Jesus answered, "God wants you to have faith in the one he sent."

For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

And the bread that God gives is the one who came down from heaven to give life to the world."

One of the prophets wrote, "God will teach all of them." And so everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.

If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me.

Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that.

But you are doing exactly what your father does." "Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!" they said. "We just have one father, and he is God."

Jesus answered: If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and only from him. He sent me. I did not come on my own.

Anyone who belongs to God will listen to his message. But you refuse to listen, because you don't belong to God.

Jesus replied, "If I honored myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honors me. You claim that he is your God,

"No, it wasn't!" Jesus answered. "But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him.

Some of the Pharisees said, "This man Jesus doesn't come from God. If he did, he would not break the law of the Sabbath." Others asked, "How could someone who is a sinner work such a miracle?" Since the Pharisees could not agree among themselves,

The leaders called the man back and said, "Swear by God to tell the truth! We know that Jesus is a sinner."

We are sure that God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from."

We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners.

Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God."

They answered, "We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!"

Jesus replied: In your Scriptures doesn't God say, "You are gods"?