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Some Jews began to complain about Jesus because he said, "I am the bread that comes down from heaven."

I am the bread that gives life.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give my body so that the people in the world can have life."

I am not like the bread that your ancestors ate. They ate that bread, but they still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever."

If I taught my own ideas, I would just be trying to get honor for myself. But if I am trying to bring honor to the one who sent me, I can be trusted. Anyone doing that is not going to lie.

Jesus was still teaching in the Temple area when he said loudly, "Do you really know me and where I am from? I am here, but not by my own decision. I was sent by one who is very real. But you don't know him.

I know him because I am from him. He is the one who sent me."

You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am."

He says, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me.' He also says, ‘You cannot come where I am.' What does this mean?"

Later, Jesus talked to the people again. He said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never live in darkness. They will have the light that gives life."

Jesus answered, "Yes, I am saying these things about myself. But people can believe what I say, because I know where I came from. And I know where I am going. But you don't know where I came from or where I am going.

But if I judge, my judging is true, because when I judge I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me.

I am one of the witnesses who speaks about myself. And the Father who sent me is my other witness."

Again, Jesus said to the people, "I will leave you. You will look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

So the Jewish leaders asked themselves, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he said, ‘You cannot come where I am going'?"

But Jesus said to them, "You people are from here below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't belong to this world.

I told you that you would die in your sins. Yes, if you don't believe that I Am , you will die in your sins."

They asked, "Then who are you?" Jesus answered, "I am what I have told you from the beginning.

So he said to them, "You will lift up the Son of Man. Then you will know that I Am . You will know that whatever I do is not by my own authority. You will know that I say only what the Father has taught me.

I am telling you what my Father has shown me. But you do what your father has told you."