John 6
6
1After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias),
2and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;
3and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,
4and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.
5Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, ‘Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?’ —
6and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.
7Philip answered him, ‘Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;’
8one of his disciples — Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter — saith to him,
9‘There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these — what are they to so many?’
10And Jesus said, ‘Make the men to sit down;’ and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,
11and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.
12And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, ‘Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;’
13they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.
14The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said — ‘This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;’
15Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.
16And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
17and having entered into the boat, they were going over the sea to Capernaum, and darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come unto them,
18the sea also — a great wind blowing — was being raised,
19having pushed onwards, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and coming nigh to the boat, and they were afraid;
20and he saith to them, ‘I am [he], be not afraid;’
21they were willing then to receive him into the boat, and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.
22On the morrow, the multitude that was standing on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little boat there except one — that into which his disciples entered — and that Jesus went not in with his disciples into the little boat, but his disciples went away alone,
23(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),
24when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus;
25and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?’
26Jesus answered them and said, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;
27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life ageduring, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal — [even] God.’
28They said therefore unto him, ‘What may we do that we may work the works of God?’
29Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.’
30They said therefore to him, ‘What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?
31our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.’
32Jesus, therefore, said to them, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;
33for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.’
34They said, therefore, unto him, ‘Sir, always give us this bread.’
35And Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst — at any time;
36but I said to you, that ye also have seen me, and ye believe not;
37all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,
38because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
39‘And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;
40and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.’
41The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;’
42and they said, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one — Out of the heaven I have come down?’
43Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, ‘Murmur not one with another;
44no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;
45it is having been written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God; every one therefore who heard from the Father, and learned, cometh to me;
46not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.
47‘Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;
48I am the bread of the life;
49your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;
50this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.
51‘I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live — to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.’
52The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, ‘How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?’
53Jesus, therefore, said to them, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;
54he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;
55for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;
56he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.
57‘According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;
58this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live — to the age.’
59These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum;
60many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, ‘This word is hard; who is able to hear it?’
61And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, ‘Doth this stumble you?
62if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before?
63the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;
64but there are certain of you who do not believe;’ for Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who are not believing, and who is he who will deliver him up,
65and he said, ‘Because of this I have said to you — No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.’
66From this [time] many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,
67Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, ‘Do ye also wish to go away?’
68Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, ‘Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;
69and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.’
70Jesus answered them, ‘Did not I choose you — the twelve? and of you — one is a devil.
71And he spake of Judas, Simon's [son], Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.
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John 6
6
1Some time later Jesus left to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also known as the Sea of Tiberias). 2A large crowd was following him, for they'd seen his miracles of healing. 3Jesus went up a hill and sat down there with his disciples. 4The time for the Jewish festival of the Passover was approaching. 5When Jesus looked up, and saw a large crowd coming towards him, he asked Philip, “Where can we buy bread to feed these people?” 6He only asked this to see how Philip would respond, because Jesus already knew what he was going to do.
7“Two hundred silver coins#6:7. Literally, denarius. One denarius was worth a day's wage. wouldn't buy enough bread to give everyone only a little,” Philip replied.
8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up. 9“There's a boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what good is that when there are so many people?”
10“Have everybody sit down,” Jesus said. There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down, the men numbering around five thousand. 11Jesus took the bread, gave thanks, and had it handed out to the people as they sat there. Then he did the same with the fishes, making sure the people had as much as they wanted. 12Once they were all full, he said to his disciples, “Collect what's left over so nothing is wasted.” 13So they collected and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves the people had eaten. 14When the people saw this miracle, they said, “Surely this is the Prophet who was to come into the world.” 15Jesus realized that they were about to force him to become their king, so he left them and went up into the hills to be by himself.
16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17climbed into a boat, and headed across the water towards Capernaum. By now it was night and Jesus had not joined them yet. 18A strong wind began blowing and the sea grew rough. 19When they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, coming towards the boat. They were very frightened. 20“Don't be afraid!” he told them. “It's me.” 21Then they gladly took him into the boat, and immediately they reached the shore where they were going.
22The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea noticed that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but they had left without him. 23Then other boats arrived from Tiberias, landing near to the place where they'd eaten the bread after the Lord had blessed it. 24Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went over to Capernaum, looking for Jesus. 25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”#6:25. An oblique question, for they were really wondering how he got there…
26“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “you're looking for me because you ate as much bread as you wanted, not because you understood the miracles. 27Don't be preoccupied about food that doesn't last, but concentrate on the lasting food of eternal life which the Son of man will give you, for God the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.”
28So they asked him, “What should we be doing in order to do what God wants?”
29Jesus replied, “What God wants you to do is to trust in the one he sent.”
30“What miracle are you going to perform for us to see so we can trust you? What are you able to do?” they asked. 31“Our forefathers ate manna in the desert in fulfillment of the Scripture that says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”#6:31. Quoting Psalms 78:24 referring to Exodus 16:4.
32“I tell you the truth, it wasn't Moses who gave you bread from heaven,” Jesus replied. “It's my Father who gives you the true bread of heaven. 33For the bread of God is the one who comes from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34“Lord, please give us this kind of bread all the time!” they said.
35“I am the bread of life,” Jesus replied. “Anyone who comes to me will never be hungry again, and anyone who trusts in me will never be thirsty again. 36But as I explained to you before, you have seen me,#6:36. Referring to all that Jesus had done, not just seeing his person. In fact the word “me” is not in all ancient manuscripts. but you still don't trust me. 37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and I won't reject any of them. 38For I came down from heaven not to do what I want, but to do what the one who sent me wants. 39What he wants is for me not to lose anyone he has given to me, but for me to raise them up at the last day.#6:39. “Last day,” referring to the day of judgment. Also verses 40, 44, and 54. 40What my Father wants is for everyone who sees the Son and trusts in him to have eternal life, and for me to raise them up at the last day.”
41Then the Jews began to grumble about him because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They said, “Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and his mother. So how can he now tell us, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43“Stop grumbling to each other,” Jesus said. 44“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me attracts them, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45As is written in Scripture by the prophets, ‘Everyone will be taught by God.’#6:45. Quoting Isaiah 54:13. Everyone who listens to and learns from the Father comes to me. 46Not that anyone has seen God, except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47I tell you the truth: anyone who trusts in him has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your forefathers ate manna in the desert but they still died. 50But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, and anyone who eats it won't ever die. 51I am the life-giving bread from heaven, and anyone who eats this bread will live forever. The bread is my flesh that I give so that the world may live.”
52Then the Jews argued heatedly among themselves. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
53Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you cannot truly live. 54Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood remain in me, and I remain in them. 57Just as the life-giving Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. 58Now this is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind your forefathers ate and still died. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever.”
59Jesus explained this while he was teaching in a synagogue at Capernaum. 60Many of his disciples when they heard it said, “This is hard to accept! Who can follow#6:60. “Follow” not only in the sense of “understand,” but also “observe” or “agree with.” it?”
61Jesus saw that his disciples were complaining about this, so he asked them, “Are you offended by this? 62Then what if you were to see the Son ascend to where he was before? 63The Spirit gives life; the physical body doesn't do anything.#6:63. Or “counts for nothing.” The words I've told you are spirit and life! 64Yet there are some of you who don't trust me.” (Jesus had known from the very beginning who didn't trust him, and who would betray him.)
65Jesus added, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is made possible#6:65. Or “granted.” by the Father.”
66From this time on many of Jesus' disciples gave up and no longer followed him. 67Then Jesus asked the twelve disciples, “What about you? You don't want to leave as well, do you?”
68Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who would we follow? You're the one who has the words of eternal life. 69We trust in you, and we're convinced that you are God's Holy One.”
70Jesus replied, “Didn't I choose you, the twelve disciples? Yet one of you is a devil.” 71(Jesus was referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. He was the one of the twelve disciples who would betray Jesus.)
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