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

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.

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.

"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."

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.

"But I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you 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 of everything that He has given Me I will lose nothing, but will raise it up on the last day.

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

"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.

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

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

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

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

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

"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.

"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.

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

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

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.