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And this is the will of Him who sent me, that of all that He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it to life on the last day.
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For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."
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Now the Jews began to find fault about Him because of His claiming to be the bread which came down out of Heaven.
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They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, `I have come down out of Heaven'?"
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"Do not thus find fault among yourselves," replied Jesus;
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"no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; then I will raise him to life on the last day.
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It stands written in the Prophets, `And they shall all of them be taught by God'. Every one who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to me.
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No one has ever seen the Father--except Him who is from God. He has seen the Father.
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"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who believes has the Life of the Ages.
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I am the bread of Life.
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Your forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, and they died.