14 The Word became flesh(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(C) and truth.(D)

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23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(A) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(B) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

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17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(A) is always at his work(B) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(C) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(D)

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(E) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(F) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(G) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(H) even so the Son gives life(I) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(J) 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.(K)

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(L) has eternal life(M) and will not be judged(N) but has crossed over from death to life.(O) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(P) when the dead will hear(Q) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(R) in himself.

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28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe(A) in the one he has sent.”(B)

30 So they asked him, “What sign(C) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?(D) What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna(E) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[a](F)

32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven(G) and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”(H)

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(I) the bread of life.(J) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(K) in me will never be thirsty.(L) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me(M) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(N) not to do my will but to do the will(O) of him who sent me.(P) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(Q) but raise them up at the last day.(R) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(S) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(T) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,(U) whose father and mother we know?(V) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(W)

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,(X) and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[b](Y) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;(Z) only he has seen the Father.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
  2. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13

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