Glory Fills the Tabernacle, Living Water Flows

1. He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits. 2. He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass. 3. He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass. 4. He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up. 5. He cast four rings for the four ends of brass grating, to be places for the poles. 6. He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7. He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks. 8. He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 9. He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits; 10. their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11. For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 12. For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 13. For the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14. The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three; 15. and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16. All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. 17. The sockets for the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18. The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the width was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court. 19. Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver. 20. All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of brass. 21. This is the amount of material used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 22. Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 23. With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen. 24. All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25. The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 26. a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. 27. The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28. Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. 29. The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. 30. With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar, 31. the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court. 1. Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 2. He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3. They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in with the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman. 4. They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together. 5. The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 6. They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. 7. He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8. He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9. It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double. 10. They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row; 11. and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; 12. and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13. and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings. 14. The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes. 15. They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold. 16. They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 17. They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. 18. The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front. 19. They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. 20. They made two more rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 21. They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 22. He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23. The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn. 24. They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen. 25. They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between the pomegranates; 26. a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 27. They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28. and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29. and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 30. They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: “HOLY TO YAHWEH”. 31. They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 32. Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did. 33. They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, 34. the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen, 35. the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat, 36. the table, all its vessels, the show bread, 37. the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light, 38. the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent, 39. the bronze altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base, 40. the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting, 41. the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office. 42. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. 43. Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. 1. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2. “On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting. 3. You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. 4. You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lamp stand, and light its lamps. 5. You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. 6. “You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting. 7. You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein. 8. You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. 9. “You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy. 10. You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy. 11. You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it. 12. “You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water. 13. You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. 14. You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them. 15. You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.” 16. Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did. 17. In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up. 18. Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. 19. He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 20. He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark. 21. He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 22. He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside of the veil. 23. He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 24. He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25. He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 26. He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil; 27. and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 28. He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle. 29. He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 30. He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash. 31. Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. 32. When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 33. He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. 34. Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle. 35. Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle. 36. When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; 37. but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up. 38. For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

1. Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2. (although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples), 3. he left Judea, and departed into Galilee. 4. He needed to pass through Samaria. 5. So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph. 6. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8. For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9. The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10. 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.” 11. The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water? 12. Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?” 13. Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, 14. 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.” 15. The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.” 16. Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17. The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’ 18. for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.” 19. The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21. Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 22. You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. 23. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. 24. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25. The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.” 26. Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.” 27. At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?” 28. So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people, 29. “Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?” 30. They went out of the city, and were coming to him. 31. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32. But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.” 33. The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” 34. Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. 35. Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. 36. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37. For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’ 38. I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” 39. From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I did.” 40. So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days. 41. Many more believed because of his word. 42. They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.” 43. After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee. 44. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45. So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast. 46. Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48. Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.” 49. The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50. Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. 51. As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!” 52. So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.” 53. So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house. 54. This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee. 1. After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2. Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches. 3. In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; 4. for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. 5. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7. The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.” 8. Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.” 9. Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. 10. So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.” 11. He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’” 12. Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat, and walk’?” 13. But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place. 14. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.” 15. The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16. For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. 17. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.” 18. For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19. Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. 20. For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. 22. For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23. that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him. 24. “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25. Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live. 26. For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. 27. He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. 28. Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, 29. and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. 30. I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. 31. “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. 32. It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. 33. You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34. But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. 35. He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. 37. The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 38. You don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t believe him whom he sent. 39. “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. 40. Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life. 41. I don’t receive glory from men. 42. But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves. 43. I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44. How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God? 45. “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me. 47. But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?” 1. After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2. A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick. 3. Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples. 4. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5. Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?” 6. This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7. Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little.” 8. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9. “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?” 10. Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11. Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired. 12. When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.” 13. So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten. 14. When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.” 15. Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself. 16. When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17. and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18. The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing. 19. When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid. 20. But he said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 21. They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going. 22. On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. 23. However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24. When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26. Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled. 27. Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.” 28. They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29. Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30. They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do? 31. Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” 32. 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. 33. For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.” 34. They said therefore to him, “Lord, always give us this bread.” 35. Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 36. But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe. 37. All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out. 38. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39. This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. 40. This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” 41. The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.” 42. They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’” 43. Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves. 44. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. 45. It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. 46. Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father. 47. Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life. 48. I am the bread of life. 49. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50. This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. 51. 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.” 52. The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53. Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves. 54. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. 57. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me. 58. 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.” 59. He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 60. Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?” 61. But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? 62. Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63. It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life. 64. But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him. 65. He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.” 66. At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67. Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?” 68. Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69. We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 70. Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 71. Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.

1. Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. 2. Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind. 3. For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth. 4. I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. 5. I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. 6. I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh; 7. that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all your wondrous deeds. 8. Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells. 9. Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men; 10. in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes. 11. But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me. 12. My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.