The. iiii. chapyter
Ueryly veryly I saye to you you seke me, not bycause ye haue sene my racles, but bycause ye haue eatyn of the loues and are fylled. worke you, not the meate that perisheth, but that […] into euerlastyng lyfe, which the sone of man shall gyue you / for hym hath good ye father sealed. They sayde therfore vnto hym what shall we do that we maye worke the workes of god? Iesus answered & sayde vnto them. This is the worke of god that ye byleue in hym whom he hath sent. Than they said vnto hym, what token she west thou, therfore that we may se and byleue the? what workest thou? Our fathers haue eaten māna in the deserte as it is wryten / he gaue them brede from heuyn to eate. Than sayd Iesus to them, veryly veryly I say to you Moyses hath not gyuen you the brede from the heuyn, but my father gyueth you the very brede frō the heuyn. For the very brede is that that is descēded from heuyn, and gyueth lyfe to the worlde. Than sayde they to hym, lorde gyue vs all waye this brede. Thāsayd Iesus to them, I am the brede of life / he that cometh to me shall not hungre, and he that byleueth in me shal neuer thyrst. But I haue sayd vnto you, that ye haue bothe sene me and haue not byleued. All that my father gyueth me shall come to me / and he that cometh to me I shall not caste hym out. For I am […] frō heuyn, not to do myne owne wyll, but the wyll of hym that hath sent me. This is veryly the wyll of hym that hath sent me, that is to wytte the father, that all that he hath gyuen me I shold not lese any thyng therof, but sholde reyse it agayne in the last daye. This is veryly the wyll of my father that hath sent me, that euery man that seeth the sone and by leueth in hym, shold haue euerlasting lyfe, & shall reyse hym agayne in the last day. The Iewes murmured ther fore of that that he had sayde, I am the lyuely brede that am descended from heuyn. And they sayde, Is not this man the sone of Ioseph, whose father and mother we haue knowen. Now sayth he therfore I am descended from heuyn? Iesus therfor answered & sayd vnto theym, murmure not amonge your selfe. There can no man come to me but if the father that sent me draw hym, and I shall reyse hym agayne in the last day. It is wry ten in the prophetes: And they shalbe all taught of god. Euery man that hath herd of the father and hath lerned cometh to me / not bycause any man hath seue the father, but he that is of god hath sene the father. Ueryly veryly I tell you, he that byleueth in me hath lyfe euerlastynge. I am the brede of the lyfe. your fathers haue eatē manna in the desert and be dede. This is the brede descendynge from the heuyn, that yf any mā eate therof, he sholde not dye. I am the lyuynge brede that am descended from the heuyn. If a man eate of thys brede he shall lyue for euer, & the brede whiche I shall gyue is my fleshe, whyche I shall geue for the lyfe of the worlde. The Iewes therfore stroue amonge them selfe sayeng, how can this man geue vs his fleshe to eate. Than sayd Iesus to them. Ueryly veryly I saye to you, but yf ye eate the fleshe of the sone of man and drynke his bloude, ye shall not haue lyfe in you. He that eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloude, hath lyfe euerlastyng, and I shall reyse hym in the last daye. My flesshe is veryly meate and my bloud is veryly drynke. He that eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloude, dwel leth in me & I in hym. As the lyuyng father sent me, I also lyue for the father. And he that eateth me, he shall also lyue for me. This is the brede yt hath descended from heuyn / not as your fathers haue eaten manna and are dede. He that eateth this brede shall lyue for euer. These thynges sayd he in the synagoge, teachyng in Capharnaū. Many therfore of hys dyscyples herynge, sayde, This is a hard sayeng, and who may here hym Iesus therfore knowyng in hym self that his disciples murmured at this, sayd vnto them, doth this offend you yf ye shall than se the sone of man ascendynge vppe where he was before. The spyryte it is that gyueth lyfe / the flesh auayleth nothyng. The wordes which I haue spokē to you, be […] & lyfe. But there be some of you yt byleue not. For Iesus knew from ye begynnyng who shold be yt byleuers & who shold bytraye […]/and he sayd, Therfore I haue sayd vnto you yt no man can come to me but yf it be gyuē him of my father. From yt time many of his discyples went backe, & now walked no more with hym. Thā sayd Iesus to the. xii, wyll you go your wayes to. Than answered vnto hym Symon Peter, lord to whom shal we go. Thou hast the wordes of euerlastyng lyfe, & we byleue & haue knowē that thou art Chryst the sone of god. Iesus answered vnto hym: Haue not I chosen you. xii. & one of you is a deuyll. He sayd yt by Iudas I […] ye sone of Symon. For he it was that shold betray hym, beyng one of ye. xii.
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