Study Desk

He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted."

Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

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

Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life—the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him."

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

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

Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, "This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?"

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

[[And each one departed to his own house.