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For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."

Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

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.

"I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.

"And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it's here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.

I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.

No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.

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."

Jesus told them, "This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent."

The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.

And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.

As it is written in the Scriptures, ‘They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

(Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)

We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God."

So Jesus told them, "My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.

Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.

Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

No, you are imitating your real father." They replied, "We aren't illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father."