John 6:33 For the Bread of God is He Who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
John 6:34 Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always (all the time)!
John 6:35 Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in {and} cleaves to {and} trusts in {and} relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time). John 6:41 Now the Jews murmured {and} found fault with {and} grumbled about Jesus because He said, I am [Myself] the Bread that came down from heaven.
John 6:42 They kept asking, Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph, Whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, I have come down from heaven?
John 6:43 So Jesus answered them, Stop grumbling {and} saying things against Me to one another.
John 6:44 No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts {and} draws him {and} gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day.
John 6:45 It is written in [the book of] the Prophets, And they shall all be taught of God [have Him in person for their Teacher]. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me--
John 6:46 Which does not imply that anyone has seen the Father [not that anyone has ever seen Him] except He [Who was with the Father] Who comes from God; He [alone] has seen the Father.
John 6:47 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who believes {in Me} [who adheres to, trusts in, relies on, and has faith in Me] has (now possesses) eternal life.
John 6:48 I am the Bread of Life [that gives life--the Living Bread].
John 6:49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [yet] they died.
John 6:50 [But] this is the Bread that comes down from heaven, so that [any]one may eat of it and never die.
John 6:51 I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).
John 6:52 Then the Jews angrily contended with one another, saying, How is He able to give us His flesh to eat?
John 6:53 And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood].
John 6:54 He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.
John 6:55 For My flesh is true {and} genuine food, and My blood is true {and} genuine drink.
John 6:56 He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.
John 6:57 Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by (through, because of) the Father, even so whoever continues to feed on Me [whoever takes Me for his food {and} is nourished by Me] shall [in his turn] live through {and} because of Me.
John 6:58 This is the Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna which our forefathers ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live forever.
John 6:59 He said these things in a synagogue while He was teaching at Capernaum.
John 6:60 When His disciples heard this, many of them said, This is a hard {and} difficult {and} strange saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?]
John 6:61 But Jesus, knowing within Himself that His disciples were complaining {and} protesting {and} grumbling about it, said to them: Is this a stumbling block {and} an offense to you? [Does this upset and displease and shock and scandalize you?]
John 6:62 What then [will be your reaction] if you should see the Son of Man ascending to [the place] where He was before?
John 6:63 It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.
John 6:64 But [still] some of you fail to believe {and} trust {and} have faith. For Jesus knew from the first who did not believe {and} had no faith and who would betray Him {and} be false to Him.
John 6:65 And He said, This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him [unless he is enabled to do so] by the Father.
John 6:66 After this, many of His disciples drew back (returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied Him.
John 6:67 Jesus said to the Twelve, Will you also go away? [And do you too desire to leave Me?]
The verse for today is John 6:35, however I chose to put the whole subject information which ends in hundreds of the deciples of Jesus following Him no more. Look how many times in this passage Jesus kept telling them about Moses and how Jesus was not "this bread?" Yes God provided manna through Moses that came down from Heaven but notice He also sent the law down through Moses also. Many followed Jesus because they did receive food and drink for their stomachs but were not understanding the principles of the kingdom of God and were seeking temporary substanence for their flesh. Jesus was patient if you did read all the scriptures above and in the end perhaps abit weary when he asked if the twelve would leave also. Each of us faces rejection with people and each of us as followers of Christ must examine the "real" reasons we follow Christ. Eat of me Jesus said and they followed this true bread no more and in a way they were saying to Jesus, hey, I ate your bread but don't require anything of me in return. Many said oh this is too hard for me to understand because they did not love Jesus. The true breaking of bread with those today in church? This breaking of bread is His body, His blood that we might die to every aspect of our lives and take on the real bread of life. Last night I was eating pizza in bed and had set my plate down on top of my Bible. As I went to shut the light off being sleepy, I realized I had not eaten the pizza and the plate was on my Bible. I saw three things. 1. Disrespect of putting a plate of food on my Bible. 2. I had chosen to have food for my body and not my soul. 3. The real food would have and should have been a glass of water and some scriptures before bed. Jesus once said once at a well: " I have food you do not know of." My food or meat is to do the will of the father.
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