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He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen;

and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples.

Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"

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

And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost."

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

On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Caper'na-um, seeking Jesus.

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father 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, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you;

Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?

After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him.

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

For even his brothers did not believe in him.