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

The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there. They also saw that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal."

Then Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever."

But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, "Does this offend you?

But among you there are some who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him.

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

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.

But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were in secret.

Then Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.

Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.

Moses gave you circumcision (it is, of course, not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the sabbath.

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."

And here he is, speaking openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah?

Yet we know where this man is from; but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from."