John 6
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New Manna in the Wilderness
1Afterwards, Yeshua went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias.
2A large crowd kept following Him, because they were watching the signs He was performing on the sick.
3Then Yeshua went up the mountainside and sat down there with His disciples.
4Passover, the Jewish feast, was near.
5Lifting up His eyes and seeing a large crowd coming to Him, Yeshua said to Philip, “Where will we buy bread so these may eat?”
6Now Yeshua was saying this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
7Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii isn’t enough to buy bread for each to get a little bit!”
8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
9“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what’s that for so many?”
10Yeshua said, “Make the people recline.” There was much grass in the area. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
11Then Yeshua picked up the loaves. And having given thanks, He distributed bread to everyone who was reclining. He did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.
12When the people were full, Yeshua said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftovers, so nothing is wasted.”
13So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had finished eating.
14When the people saw the sign that Yeshua performed, they began to say, “This is most certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
15Realizing that they were about to come and seize Him by force to make Him king, Yeshua withdrew again to the mountain, Himself alone.
The Savior on the Sea
16Now when evening came, Yeshua’s disciples went down to the sea.
17Getting into a boat, they set out to cross the sea toward Capernaum. By now it had become dark, and still Yeshua had not come to them.
18A great wind began to blow, stirring up the sea.
19After they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they catch sight of Yeshua walking on the sea, approaching the boat. They were terrified!
20But Yeshua says to them, “I am. Don’t be afraid.”
21Then they wanted to take Him into the boat, and right away the boat reached the shore where they were headed.
The Bread from Heaven
22The next day, the crowd remaining on the other side of the sea realized that no other boat had been there except the one, and that Yeshua hadn’t gone into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away alone.
23Some other boats from Tiberias came close to the place where they had eaten the bread after the Master had given thanks.
24So when the crowd realized that neither Yeshua nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and set off for Capernaum to find Him.
25When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
26Yeshua responded to them, “Amen, amen I tell you, you seek Me not because you saw signs, but because you ate all the bread and were filled.
27Don’t work for food that spoils, 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 put the seal of approval.”
28Then they said to Him, “What shall we do to perform the works of God?”
29Yeshua answered them, “This is the work of God, to trust in the One He sent.”
30So they said to Him, “Then what sign do You perform, so that we may see and believe You? What work do You do?
31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘Out of heaven He gave them bread to eat.’”
32Yeshua answered them, “Amen, amen I tell you, it isn’t Moses who has given you bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
33For the bread of God is the One coming down from heaven and giving life to the world.”
34So they said to Him, “Sir, give us this bread from now on!”
35Yeshua 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.
36But I told you that you have seen Me, yet you do not believe.
37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and anyone coming to Me I will never reject.
38For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will but the will of the One who sent Me.
39“Now this is the will of the One who sent Me, that I lose not one of all He has given Me, but raise each one on the last day.
40For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day.”
41Some of the Judeans started to grumble about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
42They were saying, “Isn’t this Yeshua the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
43Yeshua answered, “Stop grumbling among yourselves!
44No one can come to Me unless My Father who sent Me draws him—and I will raise him up on the last day.
45It is written in the Prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to Me.
46Not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God—He has seen the Father.
47“Amen, amen I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
48I am the bread of life.
49Your fathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died.
50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat and not die.
51I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever. This bread is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52Then the Jews began arguing with one another, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
53So Yeshua said to them, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
54He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
55“For My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink.
56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats of Me will also live because of Me.
58This is the bread that came down from heaven—not like the bread your fathers ate and then died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
59He said these things while teaching at the synagogue in Capernaum.
Fallout from a Hard Teaching
60So when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can listen to it?”
61But Yeshua knew His disciples were murmuring, so He said to them, “Does this offend you?
62Then what if you see the Son of Man going back up to the place where He was before?
63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no benefit. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and are life!
64Yet some of you do not trust.” Yeshua knew from the beginning who were the ones who did not trust, as well as which one would betray Him.
65Then He told them, “For this reason I’ve told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by the Father.”
66From this time, many of His disciples left and quit walking with Him.
67So Yeshua said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to leave also, do you?”
68Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life!
69We have trusted and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
70Yeshua answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is the adversary!”
71Now He was speaking of Judah, the son of Simon of Kriot—for he, one of the Twelve, was about to betray Him.
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John 6
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The Feeding of the Five Thousand
Mt 14:13–21; Mk 6:30–44; Lk 9:10–17
1#Mt 4:18; Lk 9:10–17After these things Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2And a great crowd followed Him, because they saw His signs which He did for the sick. 3#Jn 6:15; Lk 9:28Then Jesus went up on a mountain, and He sat there with His disciples. 4#Jn 2:13; 11:55Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
5When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming to Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread that these may eat?” 6He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7#Mk 6:37Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii#Eight months’ wages. worth of bread is not sufficient for each of them to receive but a little.”
8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are they among so many?”
10Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, numbering about five thousand. 11#Jn 6:23Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; and likewise, they distributed the fish, as much as they wanted.
12When they were filled, He told His disciples, “Collect the fragments that remain, that nothing may be lost.” 13So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
14#Mt 11:3; 21:11When those men saw the sign which He had done, they then said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15#Jn 18:36; 7:3–4Therefore, knowing that they would come and take Him by force to make Him king, Jesus departed again to a mountain by Himself alone.
Walking on the Water
Mt 14:22–27; Mk 6:45–52
16Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea. 17#Mk 6:45They got into a boat and went across the sea toward Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. 19#Job 9:8So when they had rowed about three or four miles,#Gk. 25 to 30 stadia, or 5 or 6 kilometers. they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat. And they were afraid. 20But He said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.” 21Then they gladly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
Jesus the Bread of Life
22The following day the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away alone. 23However, other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they ate bread when the Lord had given thanks. 24#Jn 6:17When the people therefore saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus.
25When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”
26#Jn 6:24Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, you seek Me not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27#Isa 55:2; Jn 6:54Do not work for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has set His seal on Him.”
28Then they asked Him, “What shall we do that we may work the works of God?”
29#1Jn 3:23Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
30Therefore they said to Him, “What sign do You show then, that we may see and believe You? What work will You perform? 31#Ne 9:15; Ps 105:40Our fathers ate manna in the desert. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’#Ex 16:4, 15; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:24–25.”
32Then Jesus said, “Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33#Jn 6:50; 1Jn 1:1–2For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34#Jn 4:15Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
35#Mt 11:28; Jn 5:40Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me shall never hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst. 36#Jn 6:26But I told you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37#Jn 6:39; 17:2; 17:24All whom the Father gives Me will come to Me, and he who comes to Me I will never cast out. 38#Jn 4:34; 5:30For I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39#Jn 6:40; 6:44; 6:54This is the will of the Father who has sent Me, that of all whom He has given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40#Jn 6:54; 1:14This is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
41#Jn 6:33; 6:51–52The Jews then murmured about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42#Lk 4:22They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’? ”
43Jesus therefore answered them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. 44#Jn 6:65; 12:32; Jer 31:3No one can come to Me unless the Father who has sent Me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45#Isa 54:13; Jer 31:33–34It is written in the Prophets, ‘They shall all be taught by God.’#Isa 54:13. Therefore everyone who has heard and has learned of the Father comes to Me. 46#Jn 1:18; 7:29; 5:37Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God. He has seen the Father. 47#Jn 3:36; 5:24Truly, truly I say to you, whoever believes in Me has eternal life. 48#Jn 6:51I am the bread of life. 49#Jn 6:31; 6:58Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50#Jn 6:33; 6:51This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51#Mt 20:28; Lk 22:19I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. The bread which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh.”
52#Jn 9:16; 10:19The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
53#Jn 3:3Jesus 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. 54#Jn 6:39–40Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life. And I will raise him up on the last day. 55For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56#Jn 15:4–5; 1Jn 3:24Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. 57#Jn 5:26; 3:17As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on Me also will live because of Me. 58#Jn 6:41This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.” 59#Jn 6:24He said these things in the synagogue, as He taught in Capernaum.
The Words of Eternal Life
60#Jn 6:66When they heard this, many of His disciples said, “This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it?”
61#Jn 2:24–25; 6:64Knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? 62#Mk 16:19; Jn 3:13Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before? 63#Jn 6:68; 1Co 15:45It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and are life. 64#Jn 6:61But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray Him. 65#Jn 6:37; 6:44–45Then He said, “For this reason I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it were given him by My Father.”
66#Jn 6:60From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him.
67So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68#Jn 6:63; Ac 5:20Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69#Mk 8:29; Lk 9:20We have believed and have come to know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
70#Jn 13:27; 13:2Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” 71He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. For it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.
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