1 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of
Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A great multitude
followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.
3 Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Jesus
therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming
to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may
eat?” 6 This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would
do.
7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little.”
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,
9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what
are these among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much
grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the
disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of
the fish as much as they desired. 12 When they were filled, he said to his
disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing
be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with
broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who
had eaten. 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they
said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.” 15 Jesus
therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to
make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 and they
entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now
dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18 The sea was tossed by a great
wind blowing. 19 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or
thirty stadia,*1 they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat;
and they were afraid. 20 But he said to them, “I AM. Don’t be
afraid.” 21 They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat.
Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
22 On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea
saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples
had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat,
but his disciples had gone away alone. 23 However boats from Tiberias came
near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
24 When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his
disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking
Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked
him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”
26 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me,
not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and
were filled. 27 Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food
which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God
the Father has sealed him.”
28 They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the
works of God?”
29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you
believe in him whom he has sent.”
30 They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we
may see, and believe you? What work do you do? 31 Our fathers ate the
manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of
heaven*2 to eat.’”
32 Jesus therefore said to them, “Most assuredly, I tell you, it
wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you
the true bread out of heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes
down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”
34 They said therefore to him, “Lord, always give us this bread.”
35 Jesus said to them. “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me
will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
36 But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe.
37 All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me
I will in no way throw out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do
my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 This is the will of my
Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but
should raise him up at the last day. 40 This is the will of the one who
sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have
eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am
the bread which came down out of heaven.” 42 They said, “Isn’t this
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he
say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’”
43 Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves.
44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I
will raise him up in the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘They
will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and
has learned, comes to me. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except
he who is from God. He has seen the Father. 47 Most assuredly, I tell you,
he who believes in me has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This
is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and
not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone
eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give
for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this
man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus therefore said to them, “Most assuredly I tell you, unless
you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t
have life in yourselves. 54 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has
eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is
food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh and
drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent
me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also
live because of me. 58 This is the bread which came down out of heaven —
not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live
forever.” 59 These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in
Capernaum.
60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a
hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said
to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? 62 Then what if you
would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the
spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to
you are spirit, and are life. 64 But there are some of you who don’t
believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t
believe, and who it was who would betray him. 65 He said, “For this
cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to
him by my Father.”
66 At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go
away, do you?”
68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the
words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and know that you are
the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
70 Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of
you is a devil?” 71 Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,
for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.
1 25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4
miles 2 Greek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven”, “the heavens”,
“the sky”, and “the air”.
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