John 6:10-55

¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass there, so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down. He did likewise with the fish, as much as they wanted.

¹²When they were filled, He told His disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces, so that nothing may be wasted.”

¹³Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴When the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

¹⁵When Jesus perceived that they meant to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.

¹⁶When evening came, Jesus’ disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

¹⁸The sea arose because a great wind was blowing.

¹⁹When they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat. They were terrified,

²⁰but He told them, “It’s me. Don’t be afraid.”

²¹Then they willingly took Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

²²The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there. They also saw that Jesus had not gone in the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

²³Then some other boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

²⁴When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

²⁵When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”

²⁶Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

²⁷Don’t labor for perishable food, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

²⁸Then they asked Him, “What must we do to do God’s works?”

²⁹Jesus answered them, “This is God’s work, that you believe in Him who He has sent.”

³⁰Therefore they asked Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?

³¹Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness. As it’s written, ‘He gave them bread from Heaven to eat.’”

³²Jesus told them, “Most assuredly, I tell you, Moses didn’t give you the bread from Heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from Heaven.

³³For God’s bread is He who comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world.”

³⁴Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread forever.”

³⁵Jesus told them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

³⁶As I told you, you have seen me, and yet you still don’t believe.

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

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

³⁹This is the will of the Father who sent me, that of all He has given me I should lose none, but should raise them up at the last day.

⁴⁰This is also the will of Him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise them up at the last day.”

⁴¹The Jews then grumbled about Jesus, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from Heaven.”

⁴²They were saying, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He claim, ‘I have come down from Heaven’?”

⁴³Jesus answered, “Stop grumbling among yourselves.

⁴⁴No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.

⁴⁵It’s written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

⁴⁶Nobody has seen the Father except the one who is from God. He has seen the Father.

⁴⁷Most assuredly, I tell you, everyone who believes in me has everlasting life.

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

⁴⁹Your forefathers ate manna in the wilderness, but they died.

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

⁵¹I am the living bread that came down from Heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

⁵²Therefore the Jews argued among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³Then Jesus told them, “Most assuredly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, you have no life in you.

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

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