Programa 1

In the beginning the Word existed, and the Word was face to face
With God; yea, the Word was God himself. He is the one who was
Face to face with God in the beginning. It was through him that
Everything came into existence, and apart from him not a single
Thing came into existence. It was by him that life began to exist
And that life was the light of mankind. So the light continues to
Shine in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it
There appeared a man named John, sent from God. He came for the
Purpose of testifying, to testify to the light so that everyone
Through him might come to believe. He was not the light; he came to
Testify to the light. The real light, which sheds light upon
Everyone, was just coming into the world. He came into the world
And though the world through him began to exist
It did not recognize him. He came into his own
World, but his own people did not welcome him
But to all who did accept him and trust in his name, he gave
The right to become the children of God, who were born of God
And not of natural blood, nor of physical or human impulse
So the Word became human and lived a little while among us, and
We actually saw his glory, the glory of one who is an only Son
From his Father, and he was full of spiritual blessing and truth
John testified to him and cried out, for this was the one who
Said, "The one who is coming after me has been put before me
Because he existed before me." For from his bounty we have
All received spiritual blessing after spiritual blessing
For while the law was given through Moses, spiritual
Blessing and truth have come through Jesus Christ
No one has ever seen God; the only Son, Deity himself
Who lies upon his Father's breast, has made him known
Now this is the testimony which John gave when the Jews sent priests
And Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" He
Frankly admitted and did not try at all to deny it; yes, he frankly
Admitted, "I am not the Christ." So they asked him again, "What are
You then? Elijah?" And he answered, "Of course I am not." "Are
You the Prophet?" He answered, "No." Then they said to him, "
Who are you? Tell us, so that we can have an answer to give to
Those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?" He said
"I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Make the road straight
For the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said." Now the messengers
Belonged to the party of the Pharisees, so they asked him, "Why
Are you baptizing then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah
Nor the Prophet?" John answered them, "I am baptizing only in water
There is standing among you one with whom you are not acquainted
He is to become my successor, because he has been put before me
And I am not fit to untie his shoestrings." This took place at
Bethany on the farther side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "Look!
He is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the world's sin! This is
The one about whom I said, 'After me there is coming a man who has
Already been put before me, because he existed before me.' I did not
Know him myself, but I came baptizing in water that he might be made
Known to Israel." Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit
Coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I did
Not know him myself, but the very one who sent me to baptize in water
Said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and
Remaining is the one who is to baptize in the Holy Spirit.' I did see
It, and my testimony is that he is the Son of God." Again the next
Day John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he
Saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look! He is the Lamb of God!
" The two disciples heard him say this, and so they followed
Jesus. Now Jesus turned, and as he saw them following him, he
Said, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi
Where are you staying?" He said to them, "Come and you will see
" So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent the
Rest of the day with him. It was about four in the afternoon
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and
Followed Jesus. He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "
We have found the Messiah!" Then he took him to Jesus. Jesus looked
Him over and said, "You are Simon son of John. From now on your name
Shall be Cephas." The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee
So he sought out Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip
Was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip sought
Out Nathanael and said to him, "We have found the one about whom
Moses wrote in the Law, and the one about whom the prophets wrote
It is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth." Then
Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"
Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming
Toward him and said to him, "Here is a genuine Israelite, with no
Deceit in him." Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus
Answered him, "While you were still under the fig tree, before
Philip called you, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Teacher
You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"Jesus answered
Him, "Do you believe in me because I told you that I saw you under
The fig tree? You will see greater things than this." Then he said
To him, "I most solemnly say to you all, you will see heaven opened
And the angels of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man."
Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus'
Mother was there. Jesus and his disciples, too, were invited to the
Wedding. When the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "
They have no wine." Jesus said to her, "Woman, what have you to do
With me? My time to act has not yet come." His mother said to the
Servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Now in accordance with the
Custom of purification practiced by the Jews, six stone water jars
Were standing there, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons
Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water." So they filled them
Up to the brim. Then he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it
To the manager of the feast." So they took him some. As soon as the
Manager tasted the water just turned into wine, without knowing where
It came from (although the servants who had drawn the water did know)
, He called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everybody, as a rule
Serves his good wine first, and his poor wine after people have drunk
Freely. You have kept the good wine till now." Jesus performed this
The first of his wonderworks, at Cana in Galilee. By it he showed his
Glorious power, and so his disciples believed in him. After this
Jesus went home to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and
Disciples, and stayed there for a few days. Now the Jewish Passover
Was approaching, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And in the temple
Court he found the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons, the money
Changers too, seated at their tables. So he made a lash out of cords
And drove them all, together with the sheep and cattle, out of the
Temple court, scattered the money changers' coins and upset their
Tables. Then he said to the pigeon dealers, "Take these things out of
Here! Stop using my Father's house as a marketplace!" His disciples
Recalled that the Scriptures say, "My zeal for your house will
Consume me." Then the Jews addressed him and asked, "What sign can
You show us that you have authority to act in this way?" Jesus
Answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it in three
Days." Then the Jews retorted, "It took forty-six years to build this
Sanctuary, and you are going to raise it in three days?" But he meant
The sanctuary of his body. So after he had risen from the dead, his
Disciples recalled that he had said this, and so believed the
Scripture and the statement that he had made. Now while he was in
Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the
Wonderworks which he was performing, trusted in him as the Christ
But he would not trust himself to them, because he knew all men and
Needed no testimony from anyone about them, for he well knew what was
In human nature. Now there was a man named Nicodemus who belonged to
The party of the Pharisees and was a leader among the Jews. He came
To Jesus one night and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you have
Come from God, for no one can perform the wonderworks that you are
Doing unless God is with him." Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly
Say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God unless he is born
From above." Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is
Old? He cannot again enter his mother's womb and be born, can he?"
Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into
The kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit
Whatever is born of the physical is physical, and whatever is born
Of the Spirit is spiritual. Never wonder at my telling you that you
Must all be born from above. The wind blows when it pleases, and you
Hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or
Where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born
Of the Spirit." Then Nicodemus answered by asking, "How can this be?
" Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel and do not know
This? I most solemnly say to you, we know what we are talking about
And we have seen what we are testifying to, yet you are all rejecting
Our testimony. If you do not believe the earthly things I tell you
How can you believe the heavenly things if I tell you about them?
And yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man, who
Came down out of heaven. And just as Moses in the desert lifted the
Serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that
Everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life. For God loved the
World so much that he gave his only Son, so that anyone who trusts in
Him may never perish but have eternal life. For God sent his Son into
The world not to pass sentence on it, but that the world through him
Might be saved. Whoever trusts in him is never to come up for
Judgment, but whoever does not trust in him has already received his
Sentence, because he has not trusted in the name of God's only Son
And the ground for the sentence is this, that the light has come into
The world, and yet because their actions were evil, men have loved
Darkness more than the light. For anyone who is in the habit of doing
Wrong hates the light, and to keep his actions from being reproved he
Does not come out into the daylight. But whoever is in the habit of
Living the truth will come out in the daylight, that his actions may
Be shown to be performed with God's help." After this, Jesus and his
Disciples went into Judea, and for some time he stayed there with
Them and kept baptizing people.But John too was baptizing
People at Aenon near Salim; for there was plenty of water there
And so the people were coming and being baptized (for John
Had not yet been put in prison) . Then a discussion came up
Between John's disciples and a Jew about purification. And they
Went to John and said to him, 'Teacher, the man who was with
You on the other side of the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony
Yourself, is baptizing people, and everybody is going to him.'
John answered, 'A man cannot get anything unless it is given to
Him from heaven. You can bear testimony to me yourselves that I
Said, "I am not the Christ, but I have been sent as his announcer
" It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom'
S friend, who stands outside and listens to him, is very happy to
Hear the bridegroom's voice. So this happiness of mine is running
Over. He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less
He who comes from above is far above all others; he who springs from
Earth belongs to the earth and speaks of earth. He who comes from
Heaven is far above all others. He continues to bear testimony to
What he has actually seen and heard, and yet no one accepts
His testimony. Whoever does accept his testimony has certified
With a seal that God is true. For he whom God has sent continues
To speak the words of God, for God continues to give him the
Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has put
Everything in his hands. Whoever trusts in the Son possesses
Eternal life; but whoever refuses to trust in the Son will
Not see life, but the wrath of God continues to remain on him.'
Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that he
Was winning and baptizing more disciples than John (though Jesus
Himself was not baptizing, it was his disciples), he left Judea
And went back again to Galilee. And he had to go through Samaria
So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field
Which Jacob gave to his son Joseph, and Jacob's spring was there
So Jesus, tired from his journey, was sitting by the spring just
As he was. It was about noon. A woman of Samaria came to draw
Water. Jesus said to her, 'Give me a drink.' (For his disciples
Had gone into the town to buy some food.) So the Samaritan woman
Asked him, 'How is it that a Jew like you asks a Samaritan woman
Like me for a drink?—for Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.'
Jesus answered her, 'If you just knew what God has to give and
Who it is that said to you, "Give me a drink," you would have been
The one to ask him, and he would have given you living water.'
She said to him, 'You have nothing to draw with, sir, and the
Well is deep. Where do you get your living water? You are not
Greater than our forefather Jacob, are you, who gave us this
Well and drank from it himself, with all his sons and flocks?'
Jesus answered her, 'Anyone who drinks this water will
Get thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water that I
Will give him will never, no, never be thirsty again. For
The water that I will give him will become a spring of
Water that keeps on bubbling up within him for eternal life.'
The woman said to him, 'Give me this water at once, sir, so I may
Never get thirsty again, nor have to come so far to draw water.'
He said to her, 'Go and call your husband and come back here.'
The woman answered, 'I have no husband.'
Jesus said to her, 'You are right in saying, "I have no
Husband"; for you have had five husbands, and the man you
Now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.'
The woman said to him, 'I see that you are a prophet. Our
Forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that
Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship him.'
Jesus said to her, 'Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you
Will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem
You Samaritans do not know what you are worshiping; we Jews do
Not know what we are worshiping, for salvation comes from the Jews
But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the real
Worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality; for the
Father is looking for just such worshipers. God is a spiritual
Being, and his worshipers must worship him in spirit and reality.'
The woman said to him, 'I know that the Messiah is coming (the one who
Is called the Christ) . When he comes, he will tell us everything.'
Jesus said to her, 'I, the very one who is talking to you, am he.'
Just then his disciples came up, and they were surprised to
Find him talking with the woman; yet not one of them asked
Him, 'What do you want?' or, 'Why are you talking with her?'
The woman then left her pitcher and went back to town
And said to the people, 'Come, see a man who has told
Me everything I ever did. He is not the Christ, is he?
' So the people left town and rushed out to see him
Meanwhile the disciples were asking him and saying
'Teacher, eat something.' But he said to them
'I have food to eat of which you do not know.'
So the disciples began to say to one another, '
Nobody has brought him anything to eat, has he?'
Jesus said to them, 'My food is to do the will of him who sent me
And to finish his work. Are you not saying, "In four months more
The harvest comes"? Look! I tell you, lift up your eyes and scan
The fields, for they are already white for harvesting. Now the reaper
Is already getting pay, for he is gathering a crop for eternal life
So that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. For in this
Matter the adage is true, "One sows and another reaps." I have sent
You to reap a harvest which you have not labored to make. Other
Men have labored, but you have reaped the results of their labors.'
Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in him because of
The woman's testimony when she said, 'He has told me everything
I ever did.'So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they kept on
Urging him to stay with them; so he did stay there two days
Then a much larger number believed in him because of what he said
Himself; and they were saying to the woman, 'It is not merely
Because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard him
Ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world.'
After the two days were over, Jesus left there and went on to
Galilee, for he himself declared that a prophet had no honor in
His own country. So when he reached Galilee, the Galileans
Welcomed him, for they had seen everything he had done at the
Feast in Jerusalem, for they too had attended the feast. So he came
Back to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine
Now there was at Capernaum an officer of the king's court whose son
Was sick. When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to
Galilee, he went to him and began to beg him to come down and cure
His son, for he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him
'Unless you see signs and wonders, you will never believe.' The king'
S officer pleaded with him, 'Sir, come down at once before my child
Is dead.' Jesus said to him, 'You may go; your son is going to live
' The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home. While
He was still coming down, his slaves met him and told him, 'Your
Boy is going to live.' So he asked them at what hour he began to
Get better, and they said to him, 'Yesterday at one o'clock the
Fever left him.' Then the father knew that that was the very hour
When Jesus had said to him, 'Your son is going to live.' So he and
His whole household believed in Jesus. This is the second wonder-
Work that Jesus performed after he
Had come back from Judea to Galilee
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and so Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate there is a pool
Called in Hebrew, Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes; and in these
There used to lie a great crowd of sick people – blind, crippled
Paralyzed. And there was one man there who had been an invalid for
Thirty-eight years. Jesus saw him lying there, and when he found out
That he had been in that condition for a long time, he asked him, '
Do you want to get well?' The sick man answered, 'Sir, I have no one
To put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am
Trying to get down, somebody else steps down ahead of me.' Jesus said
To him, 'Get up, pick up your pallet, and go to walking.' And at once
The man was well, and picked up his pallet and went to walking. Now
It was the Sabbath. So the Jews began to say to the man who had been
Cured, 'It is the Sabbath, and it is against the law for you to
Carry your pallet.' He answered them, 'The man who cured me said
To me, "Pick up your pallet and go to walking." ' They asked him
'Who is the man that said to you, "Pick up your pallet and go
To walking"?' The man who had been cured did not know who he was
For since there was a crowd at the place, Jesus had slipped away
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple court and said to him
'See, you are now well. Stop sinning, or something worse may
Befall you.' The man went back and told the Jews that it was
Jesus who had cured him. This is why the Jews were persecuting
Jesus, because he insisted on doing such things on the Sabbath
Then he answered them, 'My Father is still working, and so am I.'
It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to
Put him to death, because he not only persisted in breaking the
Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was his Father, and so
Was making himself equal to God. So Jesus answered them, 'I most
Solemnly say to you, the Son can do nothing by himself, except as
He sees the Father doing it; for whatever the Father is in the
Habit of doing, the Son also persists in doing. For the Father loves
The Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing; and he
Will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will keep on
Wondering. For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them
Live on, so the Son too makes alive any whom he chooses to. For the
Father passes sentence on no one, but he has committed all judgment
To the Son, that all men may honor the Son as they do the Father
Whoever does not honor the Son does
Not honor the Father who sent him
I most solemnly say to you, whoever listens to me and believes him
Who has sent me possesses eternal life and will never come under
Condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life
I most solemnly say to you, a time is coming, indeed it is already
Here, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God
And those who listen to it will live. For just as the Father has
Life in himself, so he has granted to the Son to have life to
Himself. He has also granted to him authority to act as judge
Because he is the Son of Man. Stop being surprised at this, for the
Time is coming when all that are in the graves will listen to his
Voice, and those who have done good will come out for resurrection to
Life, but those who have done evil for resurrection to condemnation
I cannot do anything by myself. As I get orders, so I judge, and my
Judgment is a just one; for I am not trying to do my own will, but
The will of him who has sent me. If I bear witness to myself, my
Testimony is of no force. There is someone else who testifies to me
And I know that the testimony which he gives to me is of force. You
Yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. However
I do not accept mere human testimony; but I am saying this that you
May be saved. John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining
And you decided for a time to delight yourselves in his light. But
I have testimony that is higher than John's, for the works which my
Father has committed to me to finish, the very works that I am doing
Testify to me that the Father has sent me. Yes, the Father who has
Sent me has testified to me himself. You have never heard his voice
Nor seen his form, and you do not keep his message living in you
Because you do not believe in the messenger whom he has sent.You keep
On searching the Scriptures, for you yourselves suppose that you will
Get possession of eternal life through them; and yet they are
Witnesses that testify to me. 23 But you refuse to come to me to get
Possession of life. 24 I do not accept any honor from men, but I am
Sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 25 I have
Come in my Father's name, but you refuse to accept me. If anyone else
Should come in his own name, you would accept him. 26 How can you
Believe, 27 you who are always accepting honor from one another, but
Never seek the honor that comes from the one God? 28 Do not be
Thinking that I am going to accuse you to the Father
You have your accuser—it is Moses, on whom you have set
Your hopes. 29 For if you really believed Moses, you would
Believe me, for he wrote about me. 30 But if you do not
Believe what he wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?"
After this, Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee
Or Tiberias), 31 and a vast crowd continued to follow him, for they
Pressed on to view the wonderworks which he performed for the sick
People. 32 And so Jesus went up on the hill and was sitting there
With his disciples. 33 Now the Passover (the Jewish feast) was
Approaching. So Jesus looked up and saw that a vast crowd was coming
Toward him, and said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these
People to eat?" 34 He was saying this to test him, for he knew
Himself what he was going to do. 35 Philip answered him, "Forty
Dollars' worth of bread is not enough to give them all even a scanty
Meal apiece." 36 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter'
S brother, said to him, "There is a little boy here who has five
Barley loaves and a couple of fish. But what are they among so many?
" 37 Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was plenty
Of grass at the spot. So the men, about five thousand, threw
Themselves down. 38 Then Jesus took the loaves, and gave thanks
And distributed them among the people who were sitting on the ground
39 So too with the fish, as much as they wanted. 40 When they had
Had plenty, he said to his disciples, "Pick up the pieces that are
Left, that nothing be wasted." 41 So they picked them up and filled
Twelve baskets with the pieces that were left from the five barley
Loaves, which were more than the eaters wanted. 42 When the people
Therefore saw the wonderworks that he performed, they began to say
"This is surely the Prophet who was to come into the world." 43 So
When Jesus learned that they were going to come and carry him off
By force to crown him king, he again retired to the hill by himself
When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea and got into
A boat and now started across the sea to Capernaum. 44 Now it was
Already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. The sea was getting
Rough because a strong wind was blowing. 45 When they had rowed about
Three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming
Near the boat, and they were terror-stricken. 46 But he said to them
"It is I. Stop being afraid." 47 Then they were willing to take him
On board, and at once the boat came to the shore it was making for
The next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea
Saw that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gotten
Into it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away by
Themselves. 48 Other boats from Tiberias had landed near the place
Where the people ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 49 So
When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there
They got into boats themselves and
Went to Capernaum to look for Jesus
So when they had crossed the sea and found him, they asked him, "
Teacher, when did you get here?" 50 Jesus answered them, "I most
Solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the
Wonderworks you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty
51 Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food
That lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For
God the Father has given him authority to do so." 52 Then they asked
Him, "What must we do to perform the works that God demands?" 53
Jesus answered them, "The work that God demands of you is this: to
Believe in the messenger whom he has sent." 54 So they asked him, "
What wonderwork, then, are you going to perform for us to see and so
Believe in you? What work are you going to do? 55 Our forefathers in
The desert ate the manna, as the Scripture says, 'He gave them out of
Heaven bread to eat.' " 56 Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly
Say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of
Heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of
Heaven. 57 For the bread that God gives is what comes down out of
Heaven and gives life to the world." 58 Then they said to him, "
Give us that bread always, sir." 59 Jesus said to them, "I am the
Bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry
And whoever believes in me will never get thirsty. 60 But I have told
You that, although you have seen me, yet you do not believe in me
61 All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never
No, never reject anyone who comes to me, 62 because I have come down
From heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who has sent
Me. 63 Now the will of him who sent me is this, that I should lose
None of all that he has given me, but should raise them to life on
The last day. 64 For it is my Father's will that everyone who sees
The Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall
Raise him to life on the last day." 65 Then the Jews began to grumble
About his saying, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven."
66 And they said, "Is he not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and
Mother we know? So how can he say, 'I have come down out of heaven'
?" 67 Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling to one another. No one can
Come to me unless the Father who sent him draws him to me; then I
Myself will raise him to life on the last day. 68 In the Prophets it
Is written, 'And all men will be taught by God.' Everyone who ever
Listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me. 69 Not
That anyone has ever seen the Father, except him who is from God
Of course, he has seen the Father. 70 I most solemnly say to you
Whoever believes in me possesses eternal life.I am the bread that
Gives life. Your forefathers in the desert ate the manna
And yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down
Out of heaven, so that anyone may eat it and never die
I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven; if
Anyone eats this bread, he will live forever; and the bread
That I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh.'
But the Jews kept on wrangling with one another
And saying, 'How can he give us his flesh to eat?'
Then Jesus said to them, 'I most solemnly say to
You, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man
And drink his blood, you do not have life in you
Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood already
Possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day
For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink
Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood
Continues to live in union with me, and I in union with him
Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the
Father, so whoever keeps on eating me will live because of me
This is the bread that has come down out of heaven
Not as your forefathers ate the manna and yet died
Whoever continues to eat this bread will live forever.'
He said this as he taught at the synagogue in Capernaum
So many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, '
This teaching is hard to take in. Who can listen to it?'
But as Jesus naturally knew that his disciples were grumbling
About this, he said to them, 'Is this shocking to you? Suppose
You were to see the Son of Man going back where he was before!
The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all
The truths that I have told you are spirit and life
But there are some of you who do not trust in me.'
For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not
Trust in him, and who it was that was going to betray him
So he continued, 'This is why I told you that no one can
Come to me unless it is granted to him by my Father.'
As a result of this, many of his disciples turned
Their backs on him and stopped accompanying him
So Jesus said to the Twelve, 'You
Too, do not want to go back, do you?'
Simon Peter answered him, 'To whom can we go, Lord? You have the
Message that gives eternal life, and we have come to believe; yes
More, we know by experience that you are the Holy One of God.'
Jesus answered them, 'Did I not myself select you
As the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!'
He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son, for he
Was going to betray him, although he was one of the Twelve