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So they said to Him, "What then do You do for a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

"For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

"I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh."

"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

"But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."

Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.

After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

"For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."

For not even His brothers were believing in Him.

Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

"For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

Therefore Jesus said, "For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.

But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

"But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."