John 6:25-71

²⁵And when they had found him over the sea, they said to him, Rabbi (or Teacher), how camest thou hither?

²⁶Jesus answered to them, and said, Truly, truly, I say to you (or Truly, I tell you the truth), ye seek me, not for ye saw the miracles, but for ye ate of the loaves, and were ful filled.

²⁷Work ye not (for) meat that perisheth, but (for) that that dwelleth into everlasting life, which meat man’s Son shall give to you; for God the Father hath marked him. (Work not for the food that perisheth, but for that which remaineth unto eternal life, whichfood man’s Son shall give to you; for God the Father hath sealed him.)

²⁸Therefore they said to him, What shall we do, (so) that we work the works of God?

²⁹Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe to him (or so that ye believe in him), whom he sent.

³⁰Therefore they said to him, What token then doest thou, that we see, and believe to thee? what workest thou? (And so they said to him, Then what sign doest thou, so that we can see it, and believe in thee? what miracle workest thou?)

³¹Our fathers ate manna in (the) desert, as it is written, He gave to them bread from heaven to eat.

³²Therefore Jesus saith to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you very bread from heaven; (And so Jesus said to them, Truly, I tell you the truth, it is not Moses that gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father, who now giveth you the true bread from heaven;)

³³for it is very bread that cometh down from heaven (or for it is the true bread which cometh down from heaven), and giveth life to the world.

³⁴Therefore they said to him, Lord, (for)evermore give to us this bread.

³⁵And Jesus said to them, I am (the) bread of life; he that cometh to me, shall not hunger; and he that believeth in me, shall never thirst.

³⁶But I said to you, that ye have seen me, and ye believe(d) not.

³⁷All thing(s) that the Father giveth to me, shall come to me; and I shall not cast him out, that cometh to me. (All those that the Father giveth to me, shall come to me; and I shall not throw him out, yea, anyone who cometh to me.)

³⁸For I came down from heaven, not that I do my will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁹And this is the will of the Father that sent me, that all (the) thing(s) that the Father gave to me, I lose not or nought of it, but again-raise it in the last day. (And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that out of all those whom the Father gave to me, I shall not lose any of them, but I shall raise them all up on the Last Day.)

⁴⁰And this is the will of my Father that sent me, that each man that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, have everlasting life; and I shall again-raise him in the last day. (And this is the will of my Father who sent me, that each person who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, have eternal life; and I shall raise each one up on the Last Day.)

⁴¹Therefore the Jews grudged of him (or And so the Jews grumbled about him), for he had said, I am (the) bread that came down from heaven.

⁴²And they said, Whether this is not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known. How then saith he this, That I came down from heaven?

⁴³Therefore Jesus answered, and said to them, Do not ye grudge together. (And so Jesus answered, and said to them, Do not grumble to each other.)

⁴⁴No man may come to me, but if the Father that sent me, draw him, or no but the Father that sent me, draw him; and I shall again-raise him in the last day. (No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me, draw him; and I shall raise each one up on the Last Day.)

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And all men shall be able to be taught of God (or Everyone shall be taught by God). Each man that hath heard of the Father, and hath learned, cometh to me.

⁴⁶Not for any man hath seen the Father, but this that is of God, hath seen the Father. (Not that anyone hath seen the Father, but he who is from God, hath seen the Father.)

⁴⁷Soothly, soothly, I say to you, he that believeth in me, hath everlasting life. (Truly, truly, I say to you, or Truly, I tell you the truth, he who believeth in me, hath eternal life.)

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

⁴⁹Your fathers ate manna in (the) desert, and be dead.

⁵⁰This is (the) bread coming down from heaven, that if any man eat thereof, he die not, (or so that if anyone eat of it, they shall not die).

⁵¹I am (the) living bread, that came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live (into) without end. And the bread that I shall give, is my flesh for the life of the world.

⁵²Therefore the Jews chided together, and said, How may this give to us his flesh to eat?

⁵³Therefore Jesus saith to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, (or Truly, I tell you the truth), no but ye eat the flesh of man’s Son, and drink his blood, ye shall not have life in you.

⁵⁴He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life, and I shall again-raise him in the last day. (He who eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the Last Day.)

⁵⁵For my flesh is very meat, and my blood is very drink. (For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink.)

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

⁵⁷As my Father living sent me, and I live for the Father, and he that eateth me, he shall live for me. (For the living Father sent me, and I live for the Father, and he who eateth me, shall live because of me.)

⁵⁸This is (the) bread, that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers ate manna, and be dead; he that eateth this bread, shall live (into) without end.

⁵⁹He said these things in the synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Therefore many of his disciples hearing this, said, This word is hard, who may hear it? (And many of his disciples who heard this, said, This word is hard, who can bear to hear such words? or who can listen to such words?)

⁶¹But Jesus witting at or within himself, that his disciples grudged of this thing, said to them, This thing offendeth you? (And Jesus knowing within himself, that his disciples grumbled about this, said to them, This offendeth you?)

⁶²Therefore if ye see man’s Son ascending up, where he was before? (And so what if ye see man’s Son ascending up, to the place where he was before?)

⁶³It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I have spoken to you, be spirit and life. (It is the Spirit that giveth life, the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I have spoken to you, be of the Spirit and of life.)

⁶⁴But there be some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, which were believing (or who believed in him), and who was to betray him.

⁶⁵And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man may come to me, no but it were given to him of my Father (or unless it was granted to him by my Father).

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples went aback, and went not now with him.

⁶⁷Therefore Jesus said to the twelve, Whether ye will also go away?

⁶⁸And Simon Peter answered to him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of everlasting life (or Thou hast the words of eternal life);

⁶⁹and we believe, and have known, or and we have believed, and know, that thou art Christ (or that thou art the Messiah), the Son of God.

⁷⁰Therefore Jesus answered to them, Whether I chose not you twelve, and one of you is a fiend? (or and yet one of you is a devil?)

⁷¹And he said this of Judas of Simon Iscariot, for this was to betray him, when he was one of the twelve.