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"7Your fathersate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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"This is the bread which 8comesdown out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and 9not die.
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"10I am the livingbread that 11camedown out of heaven; ifanyoneeats of thisbread, 12he will liveforever; and the breadalsowhich I will give13for the life of the world is 14My flesh."
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15Then the Jews16began to argue with oneanother, saying, "Howcanthismangive us His flesh to eat?"
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SoJesussaid to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless* you eat the flesh of 17the Son of Man and drink His blood, you havenolife in yourselves.
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"He who eats My flesh and drinks My bloodhaseternallife, and I will 18raise him up on the lastday.
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"For My flesh is truefood, and My blood is truedrink.
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"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood19abides in Me, and I in him.
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"As the 20livingFather21sent Me, and I livebecause of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will livebecause of Me.
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"This is the breadwhich22camedown out of heaven; not as 23the fathersate and died; he who eatsthisbread24will liveforever."
Words to the Disciples
59Thesethings He said25in the synagogue as He taught26in Capernaum.
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Thereforemany of His 27disciples, when they heard this said, "28This is a difficultstatement; whocanlisten to it?"
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But Jesus, 29conscious** that His disciplesgrumbled at this, said to them, "Does this30cause you to stumble?
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"What thenif you see31the Son of Man32ascending to where He was before?
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"33It is the Spirit who giveslife; the fleshprofitsnothing; 34the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
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"But there are 35some of you who do not believe." For Jesus36knew from the beginningwho they were who did not believe, and 37who it was that would betray Him.
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And He was saying, "For thisreason I have 38said to you, that noonecancome to Me unless*39it has beengranted him from the Father."
Peter's Confession of Faith
66 As a result of thismany of His 40disciples41withdrew* and were not walking with Him anymore.
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SoJesussaid to 42the twelve, "You do not want to goawayalso, do you?"
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43SimonPeteranswered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have44words of eternallife.
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"We have believed and have come to know that You are 45the HolyOne of God."
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Jesusanswered them, "46Did I Myself not choose you, 47the twelve, and yet one of you is 48a devil?"
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Now He meantJudas49the son of SimonIscariot, for he, 50one of 51the twelve, was going to betray Him.