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Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.
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Work not [for] the food which perishes, but [for] the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, [even] God.
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They said therefore to him, What should we do that we may work the works of God?
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Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom *he* has sent.
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They said therefore to him, What sign then doest thou that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work?
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Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
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Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, [It is] not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
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For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
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They said therefore to him, Lord, ever give to us this bread.
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[And] Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.
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But I have said to you, that ye have also seen me and do not believe.
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All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.
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For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do *my* will, but the will of him that has sent me.
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And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.
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For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
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The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.
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And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then does *he* say, I am come down out of heaven?
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Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.
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No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
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It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father [himself], and has learned [of him], comes to me;
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not that any one has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father.
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Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes [on me] has life eternal.
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I am the bread of life.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.
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This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
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I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
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The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?