John 6
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
After these things aJesus went away to the other side of bthe Sea of Galilee (or cTiberias). 2 Now a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing the asigns which He was doing on those who were sick. 3 Then aJesus went up on the mountain, and there He was sitting down with His disciples. 4 Now athe Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to aPhilip, “Where should we buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 And this He was saying to atest him, for He Himself knew what He was going to do. 7 aPhilip answered Him, “bTwo hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.” 8 One of His adisciples, bAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two afish, but what are these for so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was amuch grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about bfive thousand. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and ahaving given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; likewise also of the bfish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they were filled, He *said to His adisciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve abaskets with pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. 14 Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had done, they were saying, “This is truly the aProphet who is to come into the world.”
Jesus Walks on the Sea
15 So Jesus, knowing that they were going to come and take Him by force ato make Him king, bwithdrew again to cthe mountain by Himself alone.
16 Now when evening came, His adisciples went down to the sea, 17 and after getting into a boat, they began to cross the sea ato Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 And the sea *was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. 19 Then, when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened. 20 But He *said to them, “It is I; ado not be afraid.” 21 So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
22 On the next day, athe crowd which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus bhad not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other small boats came from aTiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the bLord chad given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and acame to Capernaum seeking Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “aRabbi, when did You come here?”
I Am the Bread of Life
26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you aseek Me, not because you saw bsigns, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not awork for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to beternal life, which cthe Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, dset His seal.” 28 Therefore they said to Him, “What should we do, so that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is athe work of God, that you believe in Him whom He bhas sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “aWhat then do You do for a bsign so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform? 31 aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘bHe gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which acomes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always agive us this bread.”
35 Jesus said to them, “aI am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me bwill never thirst. 36 But aI said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out. 38 For aI have come down from heaven, bnot to do My own will, but cthe will of Him who dsent Me. 39 Now this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of aall that He has given Me I blose nothing, but craise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who asees the Son and bbelieves in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will craise him up on the last day.”
Words to the Jews
41 aTherefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that bcame down from heaven.” 42 They were saying, “aIs not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother bwe know? How does He now say, ‘cI have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me adraws him; and I will braise him up on the last day. 45 It is written ain the prophets, ‘bAnd they shall all be ctaught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 aNot that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ahas eternal life. 48 aI am the bread of life. 49 aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which acomes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and bnot die. 51 aI am the living bread that bcame down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, che will live forever; and also the bread which I will give dfor the life of the world is eMy flesh.”
52 aThen the Jews bbegan to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of athe Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. 54 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will araise him up on the last day. 55 For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood aabides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the aliving Father bsent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which acame down out of heaven, not as bthe fathers ate and died. He who eats this bread cwill live forever.”
Words to the Disciples
59 These things He said ain the synagogue as He taught bin Capernaum.
60 Therefore many of His adisciples, when they heard this said, “bThis is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, aknowing in Himself that His disciples were grumbling at this, said to them, “Does this bcause you to stumble? 62 What then if you see athe Son of Man bascending to where He was before? 63 aThe Spirit is the One who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; bthe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. 64 But there are asome of you who do not believe.” For Jesus bknew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and cwho it was that would betray Him. 65 And He was saying, “For this reason I have asaid to you, that no one can come to Me unless bit has been granted him from the Father.”
Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Christ
66 As a result of this many of His adisciples bwent away and were not walking with Him anymore. 67 So Jesus said to athe twelve, “Do you also want to go?” 68 aSimon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have bwords of eternal life. 69 And we have believed and have come to know that You are athe Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “aDid I Myself not choose you, bthe twelve, and yet one of you is ca devil?” 71 Now He was speaking of Judas athe son of Simon Iscariot, for he, bone of cthe twelve, was going to betray Him.
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