ten of the wonderful bread of heaven that He
had broken for them. They believed that He could do anything that He
would.

The people whose hearts were set upon making Jesus their king followed
Him wherever He went. Some who had been with Him when He made bread
for the great company on the hillside at Bethsaida-Julias found Him
teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.

"Teacher, when camest thou hither?" they said. Jesus, knowing that
they cared more for His gifts than for His teaching, said, "Ye seek me,
not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves
and were filled," and told them that they should not labor for the food
that perishes, but for that which endures forever.

They still wished Him to do some wonder, or show them how to work
wonders, for they asked Him what they should do to work the works of
God.

"This is the work of God," He said, "That ye believe on Him whom He
hath sent." Still they remembered the miracle of the bread.

"What sign showest Thou?" they said, "Our fathers did eat manna in the
desert." Then He spoke plainly to them of Himself.

"The bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life
unto the world." One more spiritual than the rest said reverently,
"Lord, evermore give us this bread."

Then Jesus spoke those words about Himself that turned many away from
Him. He showed them that He could never be what they expected Him to
be--an earthly king. He had only the things of the Spirit to give
them, and He called them to a kingdom that could be seen only with
spiritual sight.

"I am the bread of life," He said, "He that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. All that the
Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in
no wise cast out."

The Jews were offended with Him because He had said, "I came down from
heaven." "I am the living bread which came down from heaven," He said.
"If any man eat of this bread he shall live forever; and the bread that
I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world."

Then the Jews were vexed and turned to talk among themselves. They
could not understand what He meant, but they saw plainly that He was
not going to agree with their plan to make Him the King of the Jews,
who would lead them out of their bondage to the Romans, and establish
them forever as a nation.

They did not want to follow Him, but they wanted Him to foll