Lesson 12: “I Am the Bread of Life”, New Testament Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual, (2002)

1. Introduction

a) We are at the beginning of the third year of the Savior’s mortal ministry

i) This year extends from the third Passover to the final Passover.

ii) Over the course of His ministry, we see His teachings reflect an overall plan to help His followers grow and develop, culminating, of course in His death and resurrection

(1) 18 events were recorded in the Gospels in first year.

(2) 27 events were recorded in second year.

(3) 72 events were recorded in third year.

b) Harmony of the Gospels

i) Turn to page 689 in the Bible Dictionary

ii) This is an example of a harmony or harmonization of the Gospels

(1) If you look at the top of page 689, you see this is a listing for the Ministry of the Messiah, continuing an account of His Second Galilean Ministry

(2) Events in the Savior’s life are in the left-hand column

(3) In the next column we see a listing of the location

(4) The next four columns are for references in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

(5) The right-hand column is for a listing of references in latter-day revelation

(6) If you look near the bottom of page 689, you’ll see Feeding the five thousand listed.

(a) Looking across the columns, you’ll see that this miracle is recorded in all four of the Gospels

(i) This is unusual

(b) If you look up and down the columns on these two pages, you will see many items that are recorded by Matthew, Mark and Luke, but not John

c) Gospels as Testimony

i) READ – Gospels in Bible Dictionary – Page 683 – Second and Third Paragraphs - The four Gospels are not so much biographies as they are testimonies. They do not reveal a day-by-day story of the life of Jesus; rather, they tell who Jesus was, what he said, what he did, and why it was important. The records of Matthew, Mark, and Luke present a somewhat similar collection of materials and have considerable phraseology in common, as well as similar main points, and thus are sometimes labeled as the “Synoptic Gospels” (meaning “see-alike”). Even so, each is unique and has much detail that is not shared by the others. John’s record is quite different from the other three in vocabulary, phraseology, and presentation of events.

It appears from the internal evidence of each record that Matthew was written to persuade the Jews that Jesus is the promised Messiah. To do so, he cites several O.T. prophecies and speaks repeatedly of Jesus as the Son of David, thus emphasizing his royal lineage. Mark appeals to a gentile audience and is fast moving, emphasizing the doings more than the sayings of the Lord. He occasionally gives geographical and cultural explanations—necessary procedure for non-Jewish readers (see Mark 2:26; 5:41; 7:2–13, 34). Luke offers his readers a polished literary account of the ministry of Jesus, presenting Jesus as the universal Savior of both Jews and gentiles. He dwells extensively on Jesus’ teachings and his doings. Luke is favorable toward the gentiles and also gives more stories involving women than do the other records. John’s account does not contain much of the fundamental information that the other records contain, and it is evident that he was writing to members of the Church who already had basic information about the Lord. His primary purpose was to emphasize the divine nature of Jesus as the Only Begotten Son of God in the flesh.

ii) Joseph Smith sometimes referred to the “testimonies” of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John instead of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

(1) Luke even addresses his testimony to a particular person.

(a) READ Luke 1:3-4

3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

(i) Luke also addresses the Book of Acts to Theophilus

(ii) We don’t know who Theophilus is.

1. READ - Bible Dictionary – Theophilus – Page 785 - Theophilus. Friend of God. The person to whom Luke addressed his Gospel and the Acts. The use of the title “most excellent” (Luke 1:3) seems to show that he was a real personage. Cf. JST Luke 3:19–20.

iii) Sometimes people are upset about differences between the Gospels

(1) If we think of them as testimonies, perhaps directed to a particular person or group of people, we can understand why the authors would select particular events and describe them in different ways to instruct their audience.

iv) As mentioned in the Bible Dictionary quote we read about the Gospels, John’s testimony stands out as different from the others

(1) John mentions only seven miracles

(a) Some of the miracles John records are found only in John

(b) John refers to the miracles as “signs”

(c) John sees within each miracle a truth verifying that Jesus is the Christ.

(d) Each of the miracles John mentions is accompanied by a discourse or explanation by the Savior that illuminates the deeper meaning of the miracle.

(2) John’s Seven Miracles and Discourses

(a) Sign: Water converted to wine (2:1-11)

(b) Discourse: The natural man converted to the spiritual man (3:1-21)

(c) Sign: Bringing life to the nobleman’s son (4:46-54)

(d) Discourse: The living waters that bring everlasting life (4:1-42)

(e) Sign: The healing of the invalid on the Sabbath (5:1-18)

(f) Discourse: The Divine Son, the Lord of the Sabbath (5:19-47)

(g) Sign: Miracle feeding of the multitude with bread (6:1-15)

(h) Discourse: Christ is the bread of life (6:22-66)

(i) Sign: Jesus walks on water (6:12-21)

(j) Discourse: Christ, who will walk into the presence of the Father, offers living water to all (7:14-39)

(k) Sign: Healing of the man born blind (9)

(l) Discourse: Christ is the Light of the World (8:12-59)

(m) Sign: The raising of Lazarus from the dead (11)

(n) Discourse: Christ, the Good Shepherd, will lay down His life for his sheep that he might bring about the resurrection (10:1-18)

v) We will discuss the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000 – which is mentioned in all four Gospels – then John’s discourse on the meaning of this sign

2. Feeding of the 5,000

a) Reading 1 – John 6:1-3

1After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

2And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

3And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

i) Setting is away from any city, JST in Mark describes it as a solitary place

ii) Verse 2 - a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles

(1) The multitude included disciples – converts – but probably was mostly comprised of the curious or those who wanted a healing miracle

b) Reading 2 – John 6:5-13

5¶When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

13Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

(a) You have a whole bunch of people a long way from any source of food – Verse 10 says 5,000 men. That doesn’t include women and children.

(b) Verse 5 - Christ asks Phillip Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

(c) Verse 6 – John tells us that, of course, Christ knows how to solve the problem, but he wants Phillip, one of the twelve apostles, to feel the responsibility

(d) Verse 7 – Phillip says this is a big problem – 200 pennies won’t buy enough. A Penny was a Roman Denarius – the standard payment for one day’s work by a common laborer. 200 day’s work won’t buy enough to feed this group.

(e) Verse 9 – Andrew, another apostle, says There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes

(f) Verse 10 – Christ tells his apostles to have everyone sit down. Other gospels says they are organized in ranks of fifty and 100 – orderly

(g) Verse 11 - Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would

(i) Gave thanks

(ii) Gave the food to the disciples (probably apostles, but they may have recruited help)

(iii) The apostles fed the people under the direction of Christ

(h) Verse 12 - When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost

(i) Divine economy

(ii) Bread and fish had been created by miraculous means and Christ had the power to create more, but this food was not to be wasted.

ii) This is a miracle and sign on a huge scale

(1) Other miracles were witnessed by only a few people

(a) Healing

(2) Skeptics might point to alternative explanations for some miracles

(a) The person might not really have been sick

(b) Water into wine – substituted bottles

(3) Elements of this miracle

(a) In the wilderness – no source of food around

(b) Impossible to hide this much food in your pocket or under your robe

(c) Many could testify of the miracle – 5,000 men, possibly 10,000, including women and children

(i) This miracle was not witnessed by the 5,000, it was experienced

(ii) Each person ate the bread and fish

3. The Bread of Life

a) Question – Why would Christ make such an enormous miracle?

b) Remember John’s pattern – a sign is accompanied by a discourse

i) The simple answer is that an enormous sign is tied to a very significant discourse.

c) Parallel

i) Elements of this miracle

(1) Wilderness

(2) No food

(3) Food appears miraculously

(4) Enough food for everyone to eat until they were filled

ii) ASK – What event in Jewish history would come to the mind of every Jew who heard about this miracle?

(1) Manna

(2) Jewish tradition said the Messiah would bring manna

iii) As we consider the discourse, we will see that Christ used one of the greatest miracles in Jewish history to teach some serious doctrine

d) The Bread of Life

i) After the feeding of the 5,000, Christ’s apostles were weary so he told them to get on a boat and cross the Sea of Galilee

(1) This is the night of the storm when Christ walked on the water

ii) The next day, the multitude that ate of the bread and fish finds the Savior again in Capernaum, on the other side of the Sea of Galilee

iii) Reading 3 - John 6:24-26

24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

25And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

(a) Verse 26 – Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

(b) Savior seems disappointed at their motivation and teaches them what the real importance of the sign is

(i) Much of his teaching here is in a dialogue with members of the crowd

iv) Reading 4 – John 6:27-33

27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

(a) Verse 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life

(i) How much effort to we put into obtaining things that perish compared to those that endureth unto everlasting life?

(ii) We have to labor for everlasting life

(b) Verse 27 which the Son of man shall give unto you

(i) Christ is the only place to receive enduring “meat”

(ii) Atonement – Even though we “labor” we can’t labor hard enough to receive everlasting life

(c) Verse 27 - for him hath God the Father sealed

(i) One of the major principles Christ teaches in this sermon is His relationship to Heavenly Father

(d) Verse 29 – Answering the question “What labor are we supposed to do if we want to do the works of god” Christ answers This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent

(i) First job is to believe – includes acceptance of the Gospel of Christ and living of commandments

(ii) Another reference to Christ’s relationship with God – Christ is the one whom God has sent.

(e) Verse 30 – A question to Christ - What sign shewest thou

(i) Remember John refers to miracles as signs – a miracle is a sign pointing to Christ and something important about Christ’s doctrine

(ii) Christ had just fed 5,000 in the wilderness and the people want more of a sign

(f) Verse 31 – The question continues - Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat

(i) The Jews make the connection between manna and Christ’s physical bread

(g) Verse 32 – Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

(i) Christ reminds them that Moses was not the source of manna

(ii) my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven

1. God is the source of manna

2. Today, God is giving you “the true bread from heaven”, something much more important than manna

(h) Verse 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

(i) What is the real, the most important bread of God?

(ii) Christ who is sent by God in heaven

(iii) Christ – this bread - giveth life unto the world

1. Not just physical sustenance like manna

2. Life is given not just to Jews, but to everyone in the world

v) Reading 5 – John 6:34-40

34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

(a) Christ teaches some serious doctrine – doctrine that requires the Holy Ghost to understand

(b) Verse 34 – Request from the people - Lord, evermore give us this bread

(i) Question implies that the bread Christ has been talking about is separate from him

(ii) Reasonable since they’re still thinking in manna terms – manna was separate

(c) Verse 35 - Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst

(i) I am the bread of life

1. It’s Christ, not manna

(ii) he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst

1. He’s teaching by analogy – hunger and thirst

2. Also explaining that eating the bread of life is different than eating bread – cometh unto me and believeth on me

(d) Verse 36 - But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not

(i) Even when the bread of life is standing in front of you, you’re still not understanding. You have to have faith in Christ and believe what He teaches

(e) Verse 37 - All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out

(i) A couple of meanings

1. True followers of Christ will self-select by coming to Him

2. Atonement – Since resurrection is universal and is brought about by the Atonement, all people who have ever lived on the earth will rise from their graves and come to Christ to be judged

3. Whoever comes to Christ to follow Him will not be cast out + resurrection will be universal.

(f) Verse 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me

(i) I wonder how someone can read John and believe in the apostate doctrine of the trinity

(ii) Christ is the perfect servant of Heavenly Father

(g) Verse 39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day

(i) Moses 1:39 - For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

(ii) Again, this scripture is on two levels

1. Immortality – universal resurrection

2. Eternal Life – Depending upon our obedience, we will lose nothing and gain everything when we go back to Heavenly Father

(h) Verse 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day

(i) this is the will of him that sent me – a clear statement that Christ was doing God’s will

(ii) Qualifications for everlasting life

1. every one which seeth the Son,

2. and believeth on him,

3. may have everlasting life

ii) This was hard doctrine for some who listened to Christ and they murmured

iii) Reading 6 – John 6:43-51

(a) 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

(i) 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

(ii) 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

(iii) 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

(iv) 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

(v) 48 I am that bread of life.

(vi) 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

(vii) 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

(viii) 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

(ix) Verse 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day

1. Provides more information about the relationship of God and Christ

2. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him

a. Once more affirms that God has sent Him and Christ is His servant

b. JST for John 6:44 - No man can come unto me, except he doeth the will of my Father who hath sent me. And this is the will of him who hath sent me, that ye receive the Son; for the Father beareth record of him; and he who receiveth the testimony, and doeth the will of him who sent me, I will raise up in the resurrection of the just.

c. God is drawing men to Christ – God and Christ are completely unified in the work of salvation and exaltation and, while scrupulously honoring agency

d. Footnote 44c has some interesting citations that provide interesting context for ways that this drawing unto Christ takes place

(x) Verse 45 - And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

1. Again, God the Father directs men and women to Christ because God has designated Christ as the means of salvation through His Atonement

(xi) Verse 46 - 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

1. A different way of saying that, after entering mortality only those whom Christ brings to Heavenly Father will ever see Him again.

2. Christ is the only way to God – through His Atonement, Christ makes us “of God” or Godly

(xii) Verse 47 - He that believeth on me hath everlasting life

1. Reiterates that having faith in Christ is the only path to eternal life

(xiii) Verse 48 - I am that bread of life

1. Brings his sermon back to bread

2. Christ is the bread, the nourishment, the sustaining influence that allows us to have both immortality – living forever – and eternal life – the kind of life God lives

3. Without Christ, we spiritually starve

(xiv) Verse 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead

1. A stark statement to those who still hold to the law of Moses and will not accept Christ – you are dead spiritually and will not be resurrected to eternal life.

2. Manna sustained ancient Israel physically, but manna could not bring them eternal life.

3. Manna’s purpose was to preserve the children of Israel so Israel could survive temporally until Christ could come to give them the bread of life.

4. Like all of the experiences and laws of ancient Israel, the purpose of manna was to point the people to the bread of life – Christ.

(xv) Verse 50-51 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

1. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world -

2. Speaking of Himself - This is the bread which cometh down from heaven

a. Christ has been sent from God who is in Heaven

3. that a man may eat thereof, and not die – immortality and eternal life

4. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever

a. Reiteration of his main point

b. Christ is the Messiah

5. the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world

a. This is the Atonement

b. Christ will die on the cross – sacrifice his own flesh – in order to save the world and every man and woman who has ever lived on it.

iv) We will skip some even more vivid metaphors about the commitment we need to have for Christ and what He commits to us in return.

v) Reading 7 – John 6:60-68

60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

66 ¶From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

(i) Verse 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it

1. This is not easy doctrine for anyone

2. Christ is laying out how great His sacrifice is for us and, in turn, describing how hard we must hold to Him

3. In our day, Catholicism and Protestantism are easier than this

(ii) Verses 61-62 - he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

1. If you can’t handle this, it won’t do you any good to know of my death and resurrection

(iii) Verse 63 - It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

1. You can only understand and accept these teachings if you are willing to allow the Holy Ghost to witness of their truthfulness unto you.

2. The law of Moses won’t explain this.

(iv) Verses 62 and 64 refer forward to Christ’s atonement – his betrayal by Judas and his death and resurrection. Christ knows what is coming.

(v) Verse 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

1. Back to JST 6:44 - No man can come unto me, except he doeth the will of my Father who hath sent me.

(vi) Verse 66 - 66 ¶From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

1. Many are called, but few are chosen

(vii) Verses 67-68 - 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

(i) 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life

2) Reading 8 - Elder Neal A. Maxwell has written: "The lessons of history concerning faith are deeply relevant to the present. For instance, some of His early disciples found Christ's claim as to His unique role too much. They "walked no more with [Jesus]", when their little faith in Him failed. These fair-weather friends had just eaten hungrily of the miraculous loaves, but still they rejected Jesus' declarations of His divinity as the Bread of Life! Once again, experiencing miracles is no substitute for nurturing daily faith." (Lord, Increase Our Faith, p5)

3) Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath and declares himself the Son of God.

a) Reading 9 – John 5:1-9

1After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

3In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

6When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

7The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

8Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

i) Long illnesses

(1) The woman with the issue of blood had been afflicted for 12 years (Mark 5:25). Another woman had been bowed by an infirmity for eighteen years (Luke 13:11)

(2) This man afflicted for 38 years.

(3) Some have been burdened by sins, by spiritual diseases, for so great a time that they begin to lose hope of escape as did the man by the pool. Then, suddenly, without solicitation, the Savior came and he was made clean and whole. Surely the Savior will do the same for all those who build faith and wait patiently for His help and assistance. This must be part of the lesson the Savior taught when he later found the man who was healed. He said to him, “Thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.” There is something worse than being infirm for 38 years, and it has something to do with sin.

b) Reading 10 – John 5:19-23, 30

19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

SKIP

30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

Conclusion