The Bread Of Life
Worship
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
Scriptures For The Lectionary Speaking Choir
Suggestions:
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
3 readers -- 2 women, 1 man or 3 youths
Key:
1 and 3 = speakers from the crowd
2 = Jesus
1: So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples
were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to
Capernaum looking for Jesus.
3: When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to
him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
2: Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, you are looking
for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill
of the loaves.
(2:) Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food
that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give
you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal."
1: Then they said to him, "What must we do to perform the works
of God?"
2: Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you
believe in him whom he has sent."
1: So they said to him, "What sign are you going to give us then,
so that we may see it and believe you?
3: What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in
the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven
to eat.' "
2: Then Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, it was not
Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who
gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is
that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
3: They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."
2: Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to
me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty."
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
3 readers -- 2 women, 1 man or 3 youths
Key:
1 and 3 = speakers from the crowd
2 = Jesus
1: So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples
were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to
Capernaum looking for Jesus.
3: When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to
him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
2: Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, you are looking
for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill
of the loaves.
(2:) Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food
that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give
you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal."
1: Then they said to him, "What must we do to perform the works
of God?"
2: Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you
believe in him whom he has sent."
1: So they said to him, "What sign are you going to give us then,
so that we may see it and believe you?
3: What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in
the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven
to eat.' "
2: Then Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, it was not
Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who
gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is
that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
3: They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."
2: Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to
me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty."
