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And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he saith, `I came down from Heaven'?"
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Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, "Murmur not among yourselves.
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No man can come to Me unless the Father who hath sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.
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It is written in the Prophets: `And they shall all be taught by God.' Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned from the Father cometh unto Me.
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Not that any man hath seen the Father, save He that is of God; He hath seen the Father.
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Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth in Me hath everlasting life.
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I am that Bread of Life.
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Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
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This is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die.
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I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever; and the Bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
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The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"