John 6

¹After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which isthe seaof Tiberias.

²And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick.

³And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

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

⁵Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

⁶And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings’ worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

⁹There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?

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

¹¹Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.

¹²And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.

¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten.

¹⁴When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

¹⁵Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down unto the sea;

¹⁷and they entered into a boat, and were going over the sea unto Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

¹⁸And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹When therefore they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat: and they were afraid.

²⁰But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat: and straightway the boat was at the land whither they were going.

²²On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone

²³(howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):

²⁴when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

²⁸They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?

²⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

³⁰They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

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

³²Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.

³³For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

³⁴They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

³⁵Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

³⁶But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not.

³⁷All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

³⁸For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?

⁴³Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.

⁴⁶Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

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

⁵⁰This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

⁵¹I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

⁵²The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

⁵³Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.

⁵⁴He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.

⁵⁷As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

⁵⁸This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

⁵⁹These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples, when they heardthis, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

⁶¹But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said unto them, Doth this cause you to stumble?

⁶²What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

⁶³It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

⁶⁴But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.

⁶⁵And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.

⁶⁶Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

⁶⁹And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?

⁷¹Now he spake of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

John 6

¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, [or] of Tiberias,

²and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

³And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there sat with his disciples:

⁴but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

⁵Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?

⁶But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do.

⁷Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion].

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, says to him,

⁹There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?

¹⁰[And] Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed [them] to those that were set down; and in like manner of the small fishes as much as they would.

¹²And when they had been filled, he says to his disciples, Gather together the fragments which are over and above, that nothing may be lost.

¹³They gathered [them] therefore together, and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those that had eaten.

¹⁴The men therefore, having seen the sign which Jesus had done, said, This is truly the prophet which is coming into the world.

¹⁵Jesus therefore knowing that they were going to come and seize him, that they might make [him] king, departed again to the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶But when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷and having gone on board ship, they went over the sea to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them,

¹⁸and the sea was agitated by a strong wind blowing.

¹⁹Having rowed then about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the ship; and they were frightened.

²⁰But he says to them, It is I: be not afraid.

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the ship; and immediately the ship was at the land to which they went.

²²On the morrow the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little ship there except that into which his disciples had got, and that Jesus had not gone with his disciples into the ship, but [that] his disciples had gone away alone;

²³(but other little ships out of Tiberias came near to the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks;)

²⁴when therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into the ships, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵And having found him the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when art thou arrived here?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.

²⁷Work not [for] the food which perishes, but [for] the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, [even]God.

²⁸They said therefore to him, What should we do that we may work the works ofGod?

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work ofGod, that ye believe on him whom he has sent.

³⁰They said therefore to him, What sign then doest thou that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work?

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

³²Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, [It is] not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

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

³⁴They said therefore to him, Lord, ever give to us this bread.

³⁵[And] Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.

³⁶But I have said to you, that ye have also seen me and do not believe.

³⁷All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.

³⁸For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him that has sent me.

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

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.

⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then does he say, I am come down out of heaven?

⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught ofGod. Every one that has heard from the Father [himself], and has learned [of him], comes to me;

⁴⁶not that any one has seen the Father, except he who is ofGod, he has seen the Father.

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes [on me] has life eternal.

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

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

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

⁵¹I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

⁵²The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?

⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.

⁵⁴He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:

⁵⁵for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.

⁵⁶He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.

⁵⁷As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, he also who eats me shall live also on account of me.

⁵⁸This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.

⁵⁹These things he said in [the] synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples having heard [it] said, This word is hard; who can hear it?

⁶¹But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmur concerning this, said to them, Does this offend you?

⁶²If then ye see the Son of man ascending up where he was before?

⁶³It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.

⁶⁴But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would deliver him up.

⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no one can come to me unless it be given to him from the Father.

⁶⁶From that [time] many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Will ye also go away?

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal;

⁶⁹and we have believed and known that thou art the holy one ofGod.

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you the twelve? and of you one is a devil.

⁷¹Now he spoke of Judas [the son] of Simon, Iscariote, for he [it was who] should deliver him up, being one of the twelve.