Because of this, many of Jesus' followers turned back and would not go with him any more.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

So Jesus said to those who believed in him, "If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples;

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. "We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God," they taught.

My righteous people, however, will believe and live; but if any of them turns back, I will not be pleased with them."

We are not people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith and are saved.

These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.

Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart.

Reverence for the LORD is good; it will continue forever. The judgments of the LORD are just; they are always fair.

They are more desirable than the finest gold; they are sweeter than the purest honey.

I keep your law in my heart, so that I will not sin against you.

How sweet is the taste of your instructions--- sweeter even than honey!

I love your commands more than gold, more than the finest gold.

You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, LORD God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness.

But he answered, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

"My food," Jesus said to them, "is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.

The Lord answered, "Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant? He is the one that his master will put in charge, to run the household and give the other servants their share of the food at the proper time.

then the master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know. The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the disobedient.