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The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.

So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.

So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."

That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."

His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly, and so do I."

For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son to have life in Himself.

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.

"There is a boy here with five barley loaves and a couple of fish: but what is that among so many?"

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so they sat down, the adult men numbering about 5,000.

When all were fully satisfied, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the broken portions that remain over, so that nothing be lost."

So when they had crossed the Lake and had found Him, they asked Him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.

So He added, "That is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father."

So His brothers said to Him, "Leave these parts and go into Judaea, that not only we but your disciples also may witness the miracles which you perform.

Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."

So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.

The Jews therefore said to one another, "Where is he about to betake himself, so that we shall not find him? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to come from Galilee?

So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.