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For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."

For my flesh is the real food; my blood is the real drink.

And he added, "This is the very reason I told you that no people can come to me unless the Father makes it possible for them to do so."

He was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For Judas, even though he was one of the twelve disciples, was going to betray him.

The time for the Festival of Shelters was near,

Jesus said to them, "The right time for me has not yet come. Any time is right for you.

You go on to the festival. I am not going to this festival, because the right time has not come for me."

The Jewish authorities were looking for him at the festival. "Where is he?" they asked.

Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him.

You will look for me, but you will not find me, because you cannot go where I will be."

He says that we will look for him but will not find him, and that we cannot go where he will be. What does he mean?"

Again Jesus said to them, "I will go away; you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot go where I am going."

I have much to say about you, much to condemn you for. The one who sent me, however, is truthful, and I tell the world only what I have heard from him."

I am not seeking honor for myself. But there is one who is seeking it and who judges in my favor.

They said to him, "Now we know for sure that you have a demon! Abraham died, and the prophets died, yet you say that whoever obeys your teaching will never die.

While I am in the world, I am the light for the world."

Some of the Pharisees said, "The man who did this cannot be from God, for he does not obey the Sabbath law." Others, however, said, "How could a man who is a sinner perform such miracles as these?" And there was a division among them.

But we do not know how it is that he is now able to see, nor do we know who cured him of his blindness. Ask him; he is old enough, and he can answer for himself!"

We know that God spoke to Moses; as for that fellow, however, we do not even know where he comes from!"

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.