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 from heaven; not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread will live for ever.

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This teaching is hard; who can listen to it?

Jesus therefore knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, and said to them, Doth this offend you?

And he said, For this cause I have told you, that no one can come to me, unless it hath been given him from the Father.

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

Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ?

Still, as to this man, we know whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.

But of the multitude many believed in him, and said, When the Christ cometh, will he do more signs than these which this man doeth?

The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

What meaneth this which he said, Ye will seek me, and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?

But this he said of the Spirit, which those that believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.

The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.

but this multitude that know not the Law are accursed.

{Joh 7:538:12: This passage is omitted as ungenuine by Tischendorf and most critical editors of the Greek Testament. It is found in some manuscripts, but not in the most ancient. It is, however, very generally regarded as a genuine relic of the teaching of Christ, though not forming a part of the fourth Gospel. I give it in the text of Tregelles, omitting the words which he incloses in brackets. Tregelles, however, does not suppose it to be genuine.} [And they went each to his house;

they say to him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

But this they said to try him, that they might be able to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

And when they heard this, they went out one by one, beginning with the oldest; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman who was in the midst.

And he said to them, Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world.

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God; this did not Abraham.

He that is of God heareth Gods words; for this cause ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.

And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him as a beggar, said, Is not this he that sits and begs?

Some said, This is he. Others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs. And there was a division among them.

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

His parents, answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

This his parents said, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

They therefore called a second time the man that had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.

We know that God hath spoken to Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they who see might become blind.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, and said to him, Are we also blind?

This parable Jesus spoke to them; but they did not understand what the things were which he spoke to them.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again; this charge I received from my Father.

And many came to him, and said, John indeed wrought no sign; but everything that John said of this man was true.

And Jesus hearing this said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world;

This he spoke, and afterwards said to them, Our friend Lazarus hath fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

and whoever liveth and believeth in me will never die. Believest thou this?

And having said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here and calleth for thee.

She, when she heard this, riseth quickly and cometh to him.

But some of them said, Could not he, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also caused that this man should not have died?

Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him, Lord, by this time the body is offensive; for he hath been dead four days.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we to do, seeing that this man worketh many signs?

And this he spoke not from himself; but being highpriest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation;

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?

And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein.

For this cause also the multitude met him, because they had heard that he had wrought, this sign.

He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world will keep it unto everlasting life.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour! But for this cause I came to this hour.

The multitude therefore that stood by, hearing this, said that it thundered. Others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

Jesus answered and said, This voice hath come not for my sake, but for yours.

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the prince of this world be cast out;

This he said, signifying what kind of death he was to die.

The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the Law that the Christ abideth for ever; how then dost thou say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

For this cause they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them unto the end.

For he knew who was about to betray him; for this reason he said, Ye are not all clean.

Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Truly, truly do I say to you, that one of you will betray me.

Now no one at the table knew for what intent he said this to him.

By this will all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one for another.

If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also; and from this time ye know him, and have seen him.

But [this must be] that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as the Father gave me commandment so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

This I command you, that ye love one another.

But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their Law: "They hated me without a cause."

of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

Every thing that the Father hath is mine. For this cause I said, that he receiveth of what is mine, and will tell it to you.

Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye will see me? and, Because I go to the Father?

They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We do not know what he is speaking of.

Jesus knew that they were desirous of asking him, and said to them, Is it of this that ye are inquiring of one another, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye will See me?

Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any one should ask thee; by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

And this is the everlasting life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.

Then the maidservant that kept the door saith to Peter, Art thou also one of this mans disciples? He saith, I am not.

And when he had said this, one of the officers who was standing by struck Jesus on the face, saying, Is it thus that thou answerest the highpriest?

Pilate therefore went out to them, and saith, What accusation do ye bring against this man?

Jesus answered, Dost thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee concerning me?

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I should not be delivered up to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Pilate therefore said to him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest what is true; for I am a king. For this end have I been born, and for this cause have I come into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth listeneth to my voice.

Pilate saith to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them, I find nothing criminal in him.

Then they cried out again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

When Pilate therefore heard this, he was the more afraid;

Jesus answered, Thou wouldst have no power against me, unless it had been given thee from above; for this cause he that delivered me up to thee hath the greater sin.

From this time Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not a friend of Caesar. Every one that maketh himself a king, setteth himself against Caesar.

Upon this they cried out, Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him! Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

This inscription therefore was read by many of the Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, in order that the Scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.

And after this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but concealing it for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. They came therefore and took him away.

Having said this, she turned back, and beheld Jesus standing; and knew not that it was Jesus.

And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.