Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
2 And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron, in the wilderness.
3 For the children of Israel said to them, “Oh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate bread, our bellies full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole company with famine.”
4 Then, the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will cause bread to rain from Heaven to you. And the people shall go out and gather that which is sufficient for each day, so that I may test them (whether they will walk in My law or not).
9 And Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the Congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Draw near before the LORD. For He has heard your murmurings.’”
10 Now, as Aaron spoke to the whole Congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness. And behold, the Glory of the LORD appeared in a cloud.
11 (For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,
12 “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Therefore, tell them and say, ‘At evening you shall eat meat; and in the morning you shall be filled with bread.’ And you shall know that I am the LORD your God).
13 And so, at evening, the quails came and covered the camp. And in the morning, the dew lay all around the camp.
14 And when the dew that had fallen had lifted, behold, a small round flakey thing was upon the face of the wilderness, small as the frost upon the earth.
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
23 Still, He had commanded the clouds above, and had opened the doors of Heaven,
24 and had rained down manna upon them to eat and had given them of the wheat of Heaven.
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food enough.
26 He caused the east wind to pass in the sky; and through His power He brought in the south wind.
27 He also rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the sea.
28 And He made it fall in the midst of their camp, all around their habitations.
29 So they ate and were well-filled; for He gave them their desire.
4 I, therefore, being the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling to which you were called,
2 with all humility and gentleness; with patience, bearing with one another in love,
3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called into one hope of your vocation,
5 one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in all.
7 But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Therefore it says, “When He ascended upon high, He captured captivity and gave gifts to man.
9 (Now, in that He ascended, what is it but that He had also descended first into the lowest parts of the Earth?
10 He Who descended is also the same Who ascended far above all heavens, so that He might complete all things.)
11 He, indeed, gave some to be Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers,
12 for the preparing of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edification of the body of Christ
13 until we all reach the unity of faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature belonging to the fullness of Christ.
14 So that we are henceforth children no more, wavering and carried about with every wind of doctrine and by the deceit of men, who with craftiness lay in wait to deceive.
15 But let us speak the truth in love. And in all things grow up into Him Who is the Head, Christ,
16 by Whom all the body, being coupled and knit together by the supply of every joint, according to the measure of each individual part, makes increase to the body, to the edifying of itself in love.
24 Now when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also took ships and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 And when they had found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”
26 Jesus answered them, and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.
27 “Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food that endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you. For God the Father has sealed Him.”
28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do so that we might work the works of God?”
29 Jesus answered, and said to them, “This is the work of God: that you believe in Him Whom He has sent.”
30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign do you show us, then, so that we may see it and believe You? What work do You do?
31 “Our fathers ate Manna in the desert. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread from Heaven to eat.’”
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from Heaven. But My Father gives you the true bread from Heaven.
33 “For the bread of God is He who comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread at all times.”
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. The one who comes to Me shall not hunger, and the one who believes in Me shall never thirst.
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