John 6:38-7:39
Skip Heitzig
| John 6 (NKJV™) | |
| 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 the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. |
| 40 | "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." |
| 41 | The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." |
| 42 | And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, 'I have come down from heaven'?" |
| 43 | Jesus therefore answered and said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. |
| 44 | "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. |
| 45 | "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. |
| 46 | "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. |
| 47 | "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. |
| 48 | "I am the bread of life. |
| 49 | "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. |
| 50 | "This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. |
| 51 | "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." |
| 52 | The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?" |
| 53 | Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. |
| 54 | "Whoever 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 abides 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 will live because of Me. |
| 58 | "This is the bread which came down from heaven--not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." |
| 59 | These things He said 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 understand it?" |
| 61 | When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you? |
| 62 | "What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend 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 they are life. |
| 64 | "But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. |
| 65 | And He said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father." |
| 66 | From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. |
| 67 | Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" |
| 68 | But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. |
| 69 | "Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." |
| 70 | Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?" |
| 71 | He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve. |
| John 7 (NKJV™) | |
| 1 | After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. |
| 2 | Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. |
| 3 | His brothers therefore said to Him, "Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. |
| 4 | "For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." |
| 5 | For even His brothers did not believe in Him. |
| 6 | Then Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. |
| 7 | "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil. |
| 8 | "You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come." |
| 9 | When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee. |
| 10 | But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. |
| 11 | Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, "Where is He?" |
| 12 | And there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. Some said, "He is good"; others said, "No, on the contrary, He deceives the people." |
| 13 | However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews. |
| 14 | Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. |
| 15 | And the Jews marveled, saying, "How does this Man know letters, having never studied?" |
| 16 | Jesus answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. |
| 17 | "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. |
| 18 | "He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. |
| 19 | "Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?" |
| 20 | The people answered and said, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?" |
| 21 | Jesus answered and said to them, "I did one work, and you all marvel. |
| 22 | "Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. |
| 23 | "If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? |
| 24 | "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." |
| 25 | Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill? |
| 26 | "But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? |
| 27 | "However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from." |
| 28 | Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. |
| 29 | "But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me." |
| 30 | Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. |
| 31 | And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?" |
| 32 | The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. |
| 33 | Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. |
| 34 | "You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come." |
| 35 | Then the Jews said among themselves, "Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? |
| 36 | "What is this thing that He said, 'You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come'?" |
| 37 | On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. |
| 38 | "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." |
| 39 | But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. |
New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Gospel of John differs from the three other Gospels in that it emphasizes the deity of Jesus Christ. Skip Heitzig shows why this Gospel is the one so often recommended to new believers.
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