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So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days,

so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, "You can't work on the Sabbath! The law doesn't allow you to carry that sleeping mat!"

But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, "Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you."

So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.

But Jesus replied, "My Father is always working, and so am I."

So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

So Jesus explained, "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.

so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.

Don't be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God's Son,

Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.

"Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.)

After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, "Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted."

So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him.

But don't be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval."

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh."

So Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.

Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, "Does this offend you?