Lesson For The Week (June 2)

Jesus Forgives an Adulterous Woman
Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, but do not sin again.”
(John 8:11)
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Bible Reading (John 8:1~11)
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1 Then everyone went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them. 3 The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought in a woman who had been caught committing adultery, and they made her stand before them all. 4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 5 In our Law Moses commanded that such a woman must be stoned to death. Now, what do you say?” 6 They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger. 7 As they stood there asking him questions, he straightened up and said to them, “Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first stone at her.” 8 Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground. 9 When they heard this, they all left, one by one, the older ones first. Jesus was left alone, with the woman still standing there. 10 He straightened up and said to her, “Where are they? Is there no one left to condemn you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she answered. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, but do not sin again.”
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Joseph - One More Angel in Heaven

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

06-One More Angel in Heaven

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情境：約瑟的哥哥回到家裡騙年老的父親約瑟被野獸殺死，並偽善的訴說對約瑟的想念。

SYNOPSIS：The brothers went home and told their father Joseph had been killed by a goat.

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(Reuben)

Father we've something to tell you, a story of our time

A tragic but inspiring tale of manhood in its prime

You know you had a dozen sons -

Well now that's not quite true

But feel no sorrow, do not grieve,

He would not want you to

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(Reuben, Reuben's Wife & Male Ensemble)

There's one more angel in heaven

There's one more star in the sky

Joseph we'll never forget you

It's tough but we're gonna get by

There's one less place at our table

There's one more tear in my eye

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(Brothers)

But Joseph the things that you stood for

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(Reuben)

Like truth and light never die

When I think of his last great battle

A lump comes to my throat

It takes a man who knows no fear

To wrestle with a goat

His blood-stained coat is tribute to

His final sacrifice

His body maybe past its peak

But his soul's in paradise

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(Jacob)

There's one less place at our table

There's one more tear in my eye

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But Joseph the things that you stood for

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(Reuben)

Like truth and light never die

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(Brothers)

Carve his name with pride and courage

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(Naphtali)

Let no tear be shed

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(Brothers)

If he had not laid down his life

We all would now be dead

Kevin's Riddle Time (May 26)

You owe me an answer to a riddle,
It is not you head, nor your foot,
It is not your clothing, nor your hair,
It is not a member of your body.
And you cannot guess it.

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Answer:

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*The answer is in the comment section.*

Carrie Underwood

Just Sharing:
The first time I came across this artist, Carrie Underwood, was from the show I recently obsessed with – American Idol. During one show, she was introduced as 2005’s American Idol, a past winner that is. Carrie brought a song from her first single– Jesus Take The Wheel, and she sang it beautifully! But what impressed me the most from the performance was neither her beauty nor her voice, it was the song. I remember sitting before the TV and thought “did the word Jesus just popped out?!” Apparently it did, and in a positive way!

Later, I got another chance to take a look at her official site. To my surprise, there was an audio player, playing 4 songs from the album with very high quality, and sure enough, the song she did on the show was among the four. What was better – the lyrics are all attached! The songs surely touched me, especially the one called “Don’t Forget to Remember Me.” I read her self-written biography, in which she said the lyrics of the song just made her cry, and so did her mom. It was a song about a daughter-and-family relationship; maybe more so about daughter and mom.

Ok writing to this point (in your case, “reading” – if you are still reading = D), I just want to, and try to introduce this girl to you. Unlike some other fame-driven pop singers, in her songs, I see her strength, faith and earnestly toward her life and her career. I guess, and I hope, this young lady will not loose all these unique qualities on her life as a pop singer.

If you want to know more, these are some helpful links:
Chinese Introduction
Carrie Underwood Official Website

Lesson For The Week (May 26)

Is Jesus the Messiah?
"Whoever believes in me should drink. As the scripture says, 'Streams of life-giving water will pour out from his side.'"(John 7:38)
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Bible Reading (John 7:25~52)
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25 Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the man the authorities are trying to kill? 26 Look! He is talking in public, and they say nothing against him! Can it be that they really know that he is the Messiah? 27 But when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from. And we all know where this man comes from.” 28 As Jesus taught in the Temple, he said in a loud voice, “Do you really know me and know where I am from? I have not come on my own authority. He who sent me, however, is truthful. You do not know him, 29 but I know him, because I come from him and he sent me.” 30 Then they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 But many in the crowd believed in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more miracles than this man has?” 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, so they and the chief priests sent some guards to arrest him. 33 Jesus said, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I shall go away to him who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me, because you cannot go where I will be.” 35 The Jewish authorities said among themselves, “Where is he about to go so that we shall not find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live, and teach the Greeks? 36 He says that we will look for him but will not find him, and that we cannot go where he will be. What does he mean?”

37 On the last and most important day of the festival Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “Whoever is thirsty should come to me, and 38 whoever believes in me should drink. As the scripture says, ‘Streams of life-giving water will pour out from his heart.’” 39 Jesus said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were going to receive. At that time the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not been raised to glory. 40 Some of the people in the crowd heard him say this and said, “This man is really the Prophet!” 41 Others said, “He is the Messiah!”

But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee! 42 The scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived.” 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
45 When the guards went back, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The guards answered, “Nobody has ever talked the way this man does!” 47 “Did he fool you, too?” the Pharisees asked them. 48 “Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him? 49 This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God’s curse!” 50 One of the Pharisees there was Nicodemus, the man who had gone to see Jesus before. He said to the others, 51 “According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done.” 52 “Well,” they answered, “are you also from Galilee? Study the Scriptures and you will learn that no prophet ever comes from Galilee.”
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Joseph - Poor, Poor Joseph

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

05-Poor, Poor Joseph

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情境：忌妒的哥哥們把約瑟丟進野地的坑中，後來看到以實瑪利人，改變心意，把約瑟賣到埃及。

SYNOPSIS：Fraught with jealousy, the brothers throw him in a pit and are going to leave him there when they are approached by the Ishmaelites. They change their minds and sell Joseph off to slavery in Egypt.

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(Narrator)

Next day, far from home,

The brothers planned the repulsive crime

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(Brothers)

Let us grab him now,

Do him in, while we've got the time

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(Narrator)

This they did and made the most of it

Tore his coat and flung him in a pit

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(Brothers)

Let us leave him here,

All alone, and he's bound to die

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(Narrator)

When some Ishmaelites,

A hairy crew, came riding by

In a flash the brothers changed their plan

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(Brothers)

We need cash. Let's sell him if we can

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(Narrator, Female Ensemble & Children)

Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?

Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?

Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?

Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?

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(Brothers)

Could you use a slave,

You hairy bunch of Ishmaelites?

Young, strong, well-behaved,

Going cheap and he reads and writes

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(Narrator)

In a trice the dirty deal was done

Silver coins for Jacob's favourite son

Then the Ishmaelites

Galloped off with the slave in tow

Off to Egypt where Joseph was not keen to go

It wouldn't be a picnic he could tell

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(Joseph)

And I don't speak Egyptian very well

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(Narrator)

Joseph's brothers tore

His precious multi-coloured coat

Having ripped it up,

They next attacked a passing goat

Soon the wretched creature was no more

They dipped his coat in blood and guts and gore

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(Narrator, Ensemble & Children)

Oh now brothers, how low can you stoop?

You make a sordid group, hey, how low can you stoop?

Poor, poor Joseph, sold to be a slave

Situation's grave, hey, sold to be a slave

Kevin's Riddle Time (May 19)

If you teach someone _ _ _ _ to think,

you make them a slave to your knowledge.

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If you teach someone _ _ _ to think,

you make all knowledge their slave.

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---- Victor Hugo (1802~1885)

*The answers are in the comment section.*

Lesson For The Week (May 19)

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters
“Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards.”
(John 7:24)

Bible Reading (John 7:1~24)

1 After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee; he did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish authorities there were wanting to kill him. 2 The time for the Festival of Shelters was near,
3 so Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave this place and go to Judea, so that your followers will see the things that you are doing. 4 People don’t hide what they are doing if they want to be well known. Since you are doing these things, let the whole world know about you!” 5 (Not even his brothers believed in him.) 6 Jesus said to them, “The right time for me has not yet come. Any time is right for you. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I keep telling it that its ways are bad. 8 You go on to the festival. I am not going to this festival, because the right time has not come for me.” 9 He said this and then stayed on in Galilee.
10 After his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus also went; however, he did not go openly, but secretly. 11 The Jewish authorities were looking for him at the festival. “Where is he?” they asked. 12 There was much whispering about him in the crowd. “He is a good man,” some people said. “No,” others said, “he fools the people.” 13 But no one talked about him openly, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities.

14 The festival was nearly half over when Jesus went to the Temple and began teaching.
15 The Jewish authorities were greatly surprised and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never been to school?” 16 Jesus answered, “What I teach is not my own teaching, but it comes from God, who sent me. 17 Whoever is willing to do what God wants will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether I speak on my own authority.
18 Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him. 19 Moses gave you the Law, didn’t he? But not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?” 20 “You have a demon in you!” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered, “I performed one miracle, and you were all surprised. 22 Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons (although it was not Moses but your ancestors who started it), and so you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 If a boy is circumcised on the Sabbath so that Moses’ Law is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards."
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Joseph - Joseph's Dream

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

04-Joseph's Dream

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情境：約瑟的夢境讓他的兄弟們心生不滿。

SYNOPSIS：Joseph's brothers resent the favoritism and the fact that Joseph has high aspirations.

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(Narrator)

Joseph's coat annoyed his brothers

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But what makes us mad

Are the things that Joseph tells us of the

Dreams he often had

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(Joseph)

I dreamed that in the fields one day,

The corn gave me sign

Your eleven sheaves of corn

All turned and bowed to mine

My sheaf was quite a sight to see

A golden sheaf and tall

Yours were green and second-rate

And really rather small

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(Brothers)

This is not the kind of thing

We brothers like to hear

It seems to us that Joseph and his

Dreams should disappear

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(Joseph)

I dreamed I saw eleven stars,

The sun the moon and sky

Bowing down before my star,

It made me wonder why

Could it be that I was born

For higgher things than you?

A post in someone's government,

A ministry or two

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(Brothers)

The dreams of our dear brother are

The decade's biggest yawn

His talk of stars and golden sheaves

Is just a load of corn

Not only is he tactless but

He's also rather dim

For there's eleven of us and

There's only one of him

The dreams of course will not come true

That is, we think they won't come true

That is, we hope they won't come true

What if he's right all along?

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The dreams are more than crystal clear,

The writing on the wall

Means that Joseph some day soon

Will rise above us all

The accuracy of the dreams

We brothers do not know

But one thing we are sure about

The dreamer

Has to go

Kevin's Riddle Time (May 12)

Name me, and you'll destroy me.

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Answer:

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*The answer is in the comment section.*

Bye Mel, We Love You!

親愛的Mel妳以後要想我們啊...

Kevin怎麼看起來有點凶狠 哈哈

(Julie和Julie的媽媽)

我頭上怎麼那麼多隻手啊... =.=

是誰說什麼都沒做的啊?????????

其實..本來是想跟蛋糕照的...

但是...蛋糕在..痾...畫面之外

More Pictures

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PS.有照片的人請快快交上來 = )

Joseph - Jacob & Sons/Joseph's Coat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

03-Jacob and Sons/Joseph's Coat

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情境：(JACOB AND SONS)我們回溯到舊約時代，遇見雅各和他的12個孩子，包括他最寵愛的約瑟。(JOSEPH'S COAT)約瑟穿著雅各給他的彩衣跳舞。

SYNOPSIS：We jump back to Biblical times and meet Jacob, who had twelve sons of whom Joseph was his favorite (JACOB AND SONS). To show his love for Joseph, Jacob gives him a multi-coloured coat (JOSEPH'S COAT).

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Jacob And Sons

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(Narrator)

Way way back many centuries ago,

Not long after the Bible began

Jacob lived in the land of Canaan,

A fine example of a family man.

Jacob, Jacob and sons,

Depended on farming to earn their keep.

Jacob, Jacob and sons,

Spent all of his days in the fields with sheep.

Jacob was the founder of a whole new nation

Thanks to the number of children he had

He was also known as Israel,

but most of the time

His sons and his wives used to call him Dad.

Jacob, Jacob and sons,

Men of the soil, of the sheaf and crook

Jacob, Jacob and sons,

A remarkable family in anyone's book.

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(Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble & Children)

Reuben was the eldest of the children of Israel

With Simeon and Levi the next in line

Naphtali and Isaachar with Asher and Dan

Zebulun and Gad took the total to nine

Jacob, Jacob and sons,

Benjamin and Judah, which leaves only one

Jacob, Jacob and sons,

Joseph - Jacob's favourite son

Jacob, Jacob and sons(X3)

Jacob Jacob Jacob

Jacob and sons

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Joseph's Coat

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(Jacob)

Joseph's mother, she was quite my favourite wife

I never really loved another all my life

And Joseph was my joy because

He reminded me of her

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(Narrator)

Through young Joseph, Jacob lived his youth again

Loved him, praised him, gave him all he could, but then

It made the rest feel second best

And even if they were -

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(Brothers)

Being told we're also-rans

Does not makes us Joseph fans

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(Narrator)

But where they had really missed the boat is

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(Brothers)

We're great guys but no-one seems to notice

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(Narrator)

Joseph's charm and winning smile

Failed to slay them in the aisle

And his father couldn't see the danger

He could not imagine any danger

He just saw in Joseph all his dreams come true

Jacob wanted to show the world he loved his son

To make it clear that Joseph was the special one

So Jacob bought his son a coat

A multi-coloured coat to wear

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(Brothers and Female Ensemble)

Joseph's coat was elegant, the cut was fine

The tasteful style was the ultimate in good design

And this is why it caught the eye

A king would stop and stare

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(Narrator)

And when Joseph tried it on

He knew his sheepskin days were gone

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(Narrator & Female Ensemble & Children)

Such a dazzling coat of many colours

How he loved his coat of many coloures

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(Narrator)

In a class above the rest

It even went well with his vest

Such a stunning coat of many colours

How he loved his coat of many colours

It was red and yellow and green and brown and blue

Joseph's brothers weren't too pleased with what they saw

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(Brothers)

We have never liked him

All that much before

And now this coat

Has got our goat

We feel life is unfair

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(Narrator, Female Ensemble & Children)

And whe Joseph graced the scene

His brothers turned a shade of green

His astounding clothing took the biscuit

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(Brothers)

Quite the smoothest person in the district

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(Joseph & Female Ensemlbe)

I look handsome, I look smart

I am the walking work of art

Such a dazzling coat of colours

How I love my coat of many colours

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(Narrator, Joseph, Ensemble & Children)

It was red and yellow and green and brown

And scarlet and black and ochre and peach

And ruby and olive and violet and fawn

And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve

And cream and crimson and silver and rose

And azure and lemon and russet and grey

And purple and white and pink and orange

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And red and yellow and green and brown and

Scarlet and black and ochre and peach

And ruby and olive and violet and fawn

And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve

And cream and crimson and silver and rose

And azure and lemon and russet and grey

And purple and white and pink and orange

And blue

Lesson For The Week (May 12)

Jesus the Bread of Life
“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35)

Bible Reading (John 6:25~60)

25 When the people found Jesus on the other side of the lake, they said to him, “Teacher, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: you are looking for me because you ate the bread and had all you wanted, not because you understood my miracles. 27 Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him.”

28 So they asked him, “What can we do in order to do what God wants us to do?” 29 Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.” 30 They replied, “What miracle will you perform so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
31 Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as the scripture says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 “I am telling you the truth,” Jesus said. “What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven. 33 For the bread that God gives is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they asked him, “give us this bread always.” 35 “I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty. 36 Now, I told you that you have seen me but will not believe. 37 Everyone whom my Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me,
38 because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And it is the will of him who sent me that I should not lose any of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them all to life on the last day. 40 For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day.” 41 The people started grumbling about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 So they said, “This man is Jesus son of Joseph, isn’t he? We know his father and mother. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?” 43 Jesus answered, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. 44 People cannot come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me; and I will raise them to life on the last day. 45 The prophets wrote, “ ‘Everyone will be taught by God.’ Anyone who hears the Father and learns from him comes to me. 46 This does not mean that anyone has seen the Father; he who is from God is the only one who has seen the Father. 47 I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died. 50 But the bread that comes down from heaven is of such a kind that whoever eats it will not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live.” 52 This started an angry argument among them. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked. 53 Jesus said to them, “I am telling you the truth: If you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves. 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day. 55 For my flesh is the real food; my blood is the real drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them. 57 The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus said this as he taught in the synagogue in Capernaum. 60 Many of his followers heard this and said, “This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?”

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http://www.ortv.com/chinese/ebs_c/pdf/2006/20060512_e.pdf

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http://www.ortv.com/chinese/ebs_c/pdf/2006/20060512_c.pdf

Past Lessons:
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