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One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost."

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

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.

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

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."

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

So Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?"

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

Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.

So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing;

(For not even his brothers believed in him.)

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.

Then they tried to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

He spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury of the temple, but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

though you do not know him. But I know him; if I would say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and I keep his word.