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Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there except one, and that Jesus had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had departed alone.

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus.

"Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, 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 yourselves.

So then many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This statement is very unpleasant; who can listen to it?"

But Jesus, aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, "Is this offensive to you?

As a result of this many of His disciples left, and would no longer walk with Him.

So His brothers said to Him, "Move on from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

For not even His brothers believed in Him.

But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as though in secret.

So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.

"If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself.

"The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

So they were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

"The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'"

[[And everyone went to his home.

Now they were saying this to test Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because His hour had not yet come.