John 6:5-70

⁵Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great crowd was coming to him, saith to Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

⁶But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was going to do.

⁷Philip answered him, Two hundred denaries' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a tittle.

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

⁹There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?

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

¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed to those that were lying down; in like manner also of the fishes, as much as they desired.

¹²And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, that nothing may be lost.

¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above to those that had eaten.

¹⁴The men therefore seeing the sign which he wrought, said, This is truly the prophet that was to come into the world.

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

¹⁶But when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

¹⁷and having gone on board a boat, were going over the lake to Capernaum. And darkness had overtaken them, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

¹⁸And as a strong wind was blowing, the waves ran high.

¹⁹When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the lake, and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid.

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

²¹Then they were willing to receive him into the boat; and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.

²²The day following, the multitude which stood on the other side of the lake having seen that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus did not go with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone,

²³(but there came other boats from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread, when the Lord had given thanks;)

²⁴when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there nor his disciples, they went on board the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵And having found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, Rabbi, when didst thou come hither?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly do I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.

²⁸Then they said to him, What are we to do, that we may work the works of God?

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

³⁰They said therefore to him, What sign 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 from heaven to eat.”

³²Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Moses hath not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

³³For the bread of God is that which is coming down from heaven, and giving life to the world.

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

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

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

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

³⁸for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁹And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all which he hath 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 looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven;

⁴²and they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, one whose father and mother we know? How is it then that this man saith, I have come down from heaven?

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

⁴⁴No one can come to me, unless the Father, who 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 the Father, and hath learnt from him, cometh to me.

⁴⁶Not that any one hath seen the Father, but he who is from God; he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷Truly, truly do I say to you, He that believeth hath everlasting life.

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

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

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

⁵¹I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eat of my bread, he will live for ever. Yea, and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.

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

⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

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

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

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

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

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

⁵⁹These things he said in a synagogue, while teaching in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This teaching is hard; who can listen to it?

⁶¹Jesus therefore knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, and said to them, Doth this offend you?

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

⁶³It is the spirit which maketh alive; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I have spoken to 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 that did not believe, and who it was that would betray him.

⁶⁵And he said, For this cause I have told you, that no one can come to me, unless it hath been given him from the Father.

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

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

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

⁶⁹and we have believed and known, that thou art the Holy One of God.

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