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The prophets wrote, 'God will teach everyone.' Those who do what they have learned from the Father come to me.
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I'm saying that no one has seen the Father. Only the one who is from God has seen the Father.
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I can guarantee this truth: Every believer has eternal life.
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"I am the bread of life.
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Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert and died.
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This is the bread that comes from heaven so that whoever eats it won't die.
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I am the living bread that came from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I will give to bring life to the world is my flesh."
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The Jews began to quarrel with each other. They said, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
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Jesus told them, "I can guarantee this truth: If you don't eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have the source of life in you.
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Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will bring them back to life on the last day.
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My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.