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But he did not know who Jesus was, and Jesus had left because of the crowd.

They started making a lot of trouble for Jesus because he did things like this on the Sabbath.

And he has given his Son the right to judge everyone, because he is the Son of Man.

I cannot do anything on my own. The Father sent me, and he is the one who told me how to judge. I judge with fairness, because I obey him, and I don't just try to please myself.

You have not believed his message, because you refused to have faith in the one he sent.

You search the Scriptures, because you think you will find eternal life in them. The Scriptures tell about me,

Jesus answered, "I tell you for certain that you are not looking for me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate all the food you wanted.

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so."

The people started grumbling because Jesus had said he was the bread that had come down from heaven.

The living Father sent me, and I have life because of him. Now everyone who eats my flesh will live because of me.

But some of you refuse to have faith in me." Jesus said this, because from the beginning he knew who would have faith in him. He also knew which one would betray him.

Because of what Jesus said, many of his disciples turned their backs on him and stopped following him.

Jesus decided to leave Judea and to start going through Galilee because the Jewish leaders of the people wanted to kill him.

The people of this world cannot hate you. They hate me, because I tell them that they do evil things.

But I know the one who sent me, because I came from him."

Some of the people wanted to arrest Jesus right then. But no one even laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

The people started taking sides against each other because of Jesus.

They asked Jesus this question, because they wanted to test him and bring some charge against him. But Jesus simply bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.

If I did judge, I would judge fairly, because I would not be doing it alone. The Father who sent me is here with me.

Jesus said this while he was still teaching in the place where the temple treasures were stored. But no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.