John 6

¹After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee , which is the Sea of Tiberias .

²And a large crowd was following him , because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick .

³Jesus went up on the mountain , and there he sat down with his disciples .

⁴Now the Passover , the feast of the Jews , was at hand .

⁵Lifting up his eyes , then , and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him , Jesus said to Philip , Where are we to buy bread , so that these people may eat ?

⁶He said this to test him , for he himself knew what he would do .

⁷Philip answered him , Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little .

⁸One of his disciples , Andrew , Simon Peter’s brother , said to him ,

⁹There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish , but what are they for so many ?

¹⁰Jesus said , Have the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place . So the men sat down , about five thousand in number .

¹¹Jesus then took the loaves , and when he had given thanks , he distributed them to those who were seated . So also the fish , as much as they wanted .

¹²And when they had eaten their fill , he told his disciples , Gather up the leftover fragments , that nothing may be lost .

¹³So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten .

¹⁴When the people saw the sign that he had done , they said , This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world !

¹⁵Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king , Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself .

¹⁶When evening came , his disciples went down to the sea ,

¹⁷got into a boat , and started across the sea to Capernaum . It was now dark , and Jesus had not yet come to them .

¹⁸The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing .

¹⁹When they had rowed about three or four miles , they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat , and they were frightened .

²⁰But he said to them , It is I ; do not be afraid .

²¹Then they were glad to take him into the boat , and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going .

²²On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there , and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples , but that his disciples had gone away alone .

²³Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks .

²⁴So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there , nor his disciples , they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum , seeking Jesus .

²⁵When they found him on the other side of the sea , they said to him , Rabbi , when did you come here ?

²⁶Jesus answered them , Truly , truly , I say to you , you are seeking me , not because you saw signs , but because you ate your fill of the loaves .

²⁷Do not work for the food that perishes , but for the food that endures to eternal life , which the Son of Man will give to you . For on him God the Father has set his seal .

²⁸Then they said to him , What must we do , to be doing the works of God ?

²⁹Jesus answered them , This is the work of God , that you believe in him whom he has sent .

³⁰So they said to him , Then what sign do you do , that we may see and believe you ? What work do you perform ?

³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness ; as it is written , He gave them bread from heaven to eat .

³²Jesus then said to them , Truly , truly , I say to you , it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven , but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven .

³³For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world .

³⁴They said to him , Sir , give us this bread always .

³⁵Jesus said to them , I am the bread of life ; whoever comes to me shall not hunger , and whoever believes in me shall never thirst .

³⁶But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe .

³⁷All that the Father gives me will come to me , and whoever comes to me I will never cast out .

³⁸For I have come down from heaven , not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me .

³⁹And this is the will of him who sent me , that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me , but raise it up on the last day .

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father , that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life , and I will raise him up on the last day .

⁴¹So the Jews grumbled about him , because he said , I am the bread that came down from heaven .

⁴²They said , Is not this Jesus , the son of Joseph , whose father and mother we know ? How does he now say , I have come down from heaven ?

⁴³Jesus answered them , Do not grumble among yourselves .

⁴⁴No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him . And I will raise him up on the last day .

⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets , And they will all be taught by God . Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me —

⁴⁶not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God ; he has seen the Father .

⁴⁷Truly , truly , I say to you , whoever believes has eternal life .

⁴⁸I am the bread of life .

⁴⁹Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness , and they died .

⁵⁰This is the bread that comes down from heaven , so that one may eat of it and not die .

⁵¹I am the living bread that came down from heaven . If anyone eats of this bread , he will live forever . And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh .

⁵²The Jews then disputed among themselves , saying , How can this man give us his flesh to eat ?

⁵³So Jesus said to them , Truly , truly , I say to you , unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood , you have no life in you .

⁵⁴Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life , and I will raise him up on the last day .

⁵⁵For my flesh is true food , and my blood is true drink .

⁵⁶Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me , and I in him .

⁵⁷As the living Father sent me , and I live because of the Father , so whoever feeds on me , he also will live because of me .

⁵⁸This is the bread that came down from heaven , not like the bread the fathers ate , and died . Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever .

⁵⁹Jesus said these things in the synagogue , as he taught at Capernaum .

⁶⁰When many of his disciples heard it, they said , This is a hard saying ; who can listen to it ?

⁶¹But Jesus , knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this , said to them , Do you take offense at this ?

⁶²Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before ?

⁶³It is the Spirit who gives life ; the flesh is no help at all . The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life .

⁶⁴But there are some of you who do not believe . (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe , and who it was who would betray him .)

⁶⁵And he said , This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father .

⁶⁶After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him .

⁶⁷So Jesus said to the Twelve , Do you want to go away as well ?

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him , Lord , to whom shall we go ? You have the words of eternal life ,

⁶⁹and we have believed , and have come to know , that you are the Holy One of God .

⁷⁰Jesus answered them , Did I not choose you , the Twelve ? And yet one of you is a devil .

⁷¹He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot , for he , one of the Twelve , was going to betray him .