The Words of Jesus Christ Page 190 Communion
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19 COMMUNION
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw
signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Work not for the
meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which
the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.
[The multitude: What must we do, that we may work the works of God?]
This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
[The multitude: What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe
thee? what workest thou? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is
written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.]
Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out
of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. For the
bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the
world.
[The Multitude: Lord, evermore give us this bread.]
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, that ye have seen me,
and yet believe not. All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me;
and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I am come down from
heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is
the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should
lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of
my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should
have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
[The Jews: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we
know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?]
Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which
sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day. It is written in
the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard
from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen
the Father, save he which is from God, he hath seen the Father. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life. I am the bread of
life. Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is
the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not
die. I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of
this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my
flesh, for the life of the world.
[The Jews: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?]
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and
drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. He that eateth my flesh and
drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my
flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him. As the living Father
sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall
live because of me. This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as
the fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
[Many of his disciples: This is a hard saying; who can hear it?]
Doth this cause you to stumble? What then if ye should behold the Son of man
ascending where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are
life. But there are some of you that believe not.
For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it
be given unto him of the Father.
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If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and
offer thy gift.
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Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat.
[Peter and John: Where wilt thou that we make ready?]
Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet you a man bearing
a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whereinto he goeth. And ye shall
say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the
guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he will
shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
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