< John 6 >
1 After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias).
After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee — that is, the sea of Tiberias.
2 A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.
3 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.
Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.
4 Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?
6 But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
7 Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,
9 “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?
10 “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.
11 Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.
12 And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.
13 So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough.
14 When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.
15 Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.
16 When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,
When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;
17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.
18 A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated.
The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.
19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.
After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.
20 But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”
But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.
21 Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.
22 The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.
23 However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.
24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
25 When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?
26 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.” (aiōnios )
Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark. (aiōnios )
28 Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?
29 Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
30 So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
32 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
34 “Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”
Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!
35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.
36 But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.
37 Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.
40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” (aiōnios )
This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day. (aiōnios )
41 At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?
43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.
Jesus made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another.
44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
46 not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.
Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.
47 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life. (aiōnios )
Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life. (aiōnios )
48 I am the bread of life.
I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
Your fathers took the manna in the waste land — and they are dead.
50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” (aiōn )
I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world. (aiōn )
52 At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.
54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. (aiōnios )
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day. (aiōnios )
55 For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
57 Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.
58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.” (aiōn )
This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever. (aiōn )
59 Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.
60 On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?
61 Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?
When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?
62 Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?
63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
64 However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.
65 Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.
66 From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.
67 So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?
68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. (aiōnios )
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life; (aiōnios )
69 We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
70 Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?
71 He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
He was talking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. It was he who was to be false to Jesus — one of the twelve.