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Jesus went up a hill and sat down with his disciples.

Another one of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, said,

When they were all full, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces left over; let us not waste a bit."

Next day the crowd which had stayed on the other side of the lake realized that there had been only one boat there. They knew that Jesus had not gone in it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.

When the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into those boats and went to Capernaum, looking for him.

Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him."

So they said, "This man is Jesus son of Joseph, isn't he? We know his father and mother. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?"

This started an angry argument among them. "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they asked.

Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves.

Many of his followers heard this and said, "This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?"

(Not even his brothers believed in him.)

After his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus also went; however, he did not go openly, but secretly.

Then they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

whoever believes in me should drink. As the scripture says, ‘Streams of life-giving water will pour out from his side.'"

They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Jesus said all this as he taught in the Temple, in the room where the offering boxes were placed. And no one arrested him, because his hour had not come.

You are doing what your father did." "God himself is the only Father we have," they answered, "and we are his true children."

You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word.

His disciples asked him, "Teacher, whose sin caused him to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents' sin?"

Jesus answered, "His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents' sins. He is blind so that God's power might be seen at work in him.