you, Moses gave you not the bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven; for the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.

They said therefore unto him, Lord, give us always this bread.

And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life : he that cometh to me shall not hunger; and he that believeth in me shall never thirst. But I said unto you that ye also have seen me, and ye believe not. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will not cast out; for I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. Now, this is the will of the Father who sent me, that of all that he hath given me I should lose not any, but should raise him up again at the last day. And this is the will of my Father that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life everlasting; and I will raise him up at the last day.

The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said, I am the living bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he, I came down from heaven ?

Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God (Isaiah liv. 13). Every one that hath heard of the Father, and hath learned, cometh to me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, but he who is of God he hath seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say unto you, He that believeth in me hath everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that if any man eat of it

he may not die. I down from heaven.

am the living bread which came If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.

The Jews, therefore, strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Then Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting 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 hath sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

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These things he said as he taught in the synagogue in Capharnaum. Many, therefore, of his disciples hearing it, said, This saying is hard, and who can hear it?

But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, Doth this cause you to stumble? What then if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe, and who he was that would betray him. And he said, Therefore did I say to you, that no man can come to me unless it be given him by my Father.

After this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will ye also go away?

And Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom

shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life; and we have believed and have known that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon; for he it was who was about to betray him, being he was one of the twelve.

THE MINISTRY. THIRD YEAR.

FROM A.D. 29 TO A.D. 30.

SECT. LIV. JESUS IS QUESTIONED BY THE PHARISEES AND ANSWERS THEM. THIRD PASSOVER.

And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming Capharnaum. from Jerusalem. And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault; for the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washing of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels and of beds. And the Pharisees and Scribes asked him, Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?

And he said to them, Well do ye make void the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and he that shall curse father or mother, dying

* It is nowhere mentioned that our Lord went up to Jerusalem for this third Passover. And it is commonly supposed that he did not do so because the Jews sought to kill him, and his hour was not yet come.

let him die (Exodus xxi. 17). But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban (which means a gift), whatsoever from me might profit thee. Then ye suffer him not farther to do anything for his father or mother, making void the word of God by your own tradition, which ye have given forth. And many other such like things ye do. But he answered and said to them, Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people draweth nigh to me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men (İsai. xxix. 13). For leaving the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups; and many other things ye do like to these.

And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them, Hear me, all ye, and understand. There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him; but the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples came and said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalised?

But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind, and leaders of the blind and if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.

And Peter answering, said to him, Expound to us this parable.

But he said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do ye not understand, that everything from without entering into a man cannot defile him, because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all

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meats? But the things which come out from a man come from his heart, and they are what defile a man. For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile a man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

SECT. LV. JESUS GOES TO TYRE AND SIDON. THE FAITH OF THE CANAANITE WOMAN.

And he arose from thence and went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon; and entering into a Tyre and house, he would that no man should know it. Sidon. And he could not be hid; for a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit, as soon as she heard of him, came in, and fell down at his feet. The woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician by birth, and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter, saying, Lord help me; my daughter is grievously tormented.

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth after us; and he answering said, I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.

And he said to her, Suffer first the children to be filled; for it is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

But she answered and said to him, Yea, Lord; yet the whelps also eat under the table the crumbs of the children.

Then Jesus answering, said to her, O woman, great is thy faith. For this saying, go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

And when she was come into her house, she found