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You accept flattery one from another but the approval from God you do not want?
I do not invite approval from men. The Jews argued one with another saying how
can this man give us his body to eat?
Jesus then said the living Father directed me and I am living because of the
Father. Whoever absorbs my words will also live because of me. Truly I say to
you unless you absorb the words of the Son of man and assimilate his blood you
have no life in yourselves. He, who eats of my body and drinks of my blood, has
eternal life and I will rise him up. My body is the nourishment and my blood is the
drink. He, who absorbs my words and incorporates them into his mind, he will
abide with me and I with him.
Many of the Jews who heard him said these are hard words who can listen to
him? Because of this saying a great many Jews turned away and did not walk
with him. Jesus knew that his followers were murmuring about this. He said to
them does this cause you to stumble? There are some of you who do not
believe. He looked at the twelve apostles and said do you also want to go away?
Peter answered my Lord give us this bread to eat. To whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal life. We have believed and acknowledge that you are
the Son of the living God. Jesus said to Peter your name was Simon and I have
called you Peter the stone and upon this truth I have built my Temple. He looked
at all twelve Apostles and said to them all. The gate of heaven will not close on
you. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you lose on
earth will be loosed in heaven. I choose you the twelve. One of you is an
adversary? He said it concerning Judas of Iscariot. He was the one of the twelve
who was going to betray him.

Who Gave You Authority

They came again to Jerusalem and while he was walking in the Synagogue. The
high priests and the scribes and the elders came to him. They said to him tell us
by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority? Jesus
answered saying to them I will also ask you a question and you tell me the
answer. Then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of
John was it from heaven or from men? Tell me. They reasoned among
themselves and said if we should say to him from heaven. He will say to us why
then did you not believe him? If we should say from men all the people will stone
us they regard John as a prophet. They said to Jesus we do not know. Jesus
said to them I will not tell you by what authority I do these things.