John 6:41

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.

But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”

God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

You will seek me, and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts

When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.

All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness!

but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.

who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.

those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

So a division arose in the multitude because of him.

The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”

Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves.

I am the bread of life.

Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”

Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.