But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.

Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God – he has seen the Father.)

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

Others said, “This is the Christ!” But still others said, “No, for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?

Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.