6John 6

Feeding Five Thousand

1Jesus crossed Lake Galilee, which was also known as Lake Tiberias.Select John 6:1

2A large crowd had seen him work miracles to heal the sick, and those people went with him.Select John 6:2

4It was almost time for the Jewish festival of Passover, and Jesus went up on a mountain with his disciples and sat down.Select John 6:4

5When Jesus saw the large crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we get enough food to feed all these people?”Select John 6:5

6He said this to test Philip, since he already knew what he was going to do.Select John 6:6

7Philip answered, “Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages just to buy only a little bread for each of these people?”Select John 6:7

8Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the disciples. He spoke up and said,Select John 6:8

9“There is a boy here who has five small loaves of barley bread and two fish. But what good is that with all these people?”Select John 6:9

10The ground was covered with grass, and Jesus told his disciples to tell everyone to sit down. About 5,000 men were in the crowd.Select John 6:10

11Jesus took the bread in his hands and gave thanks to God. Then he passed the bread to the people, and he did the same with the fish, until everyone had plenty to eat.Select John 6:11

12The people ate all they wanted, and Jesus told his disciples to gather up the leftovers, so that nothing would be wasted.Select John 6:12

13The disciples gathered them up and filled twelve large baskets with what was left over from the five barley loaves.Select John 6:13

14After the people had seen Jesus work this miracle, they began saying, “This must be the Prophet who is to come into the world!”Select John 6:14

15Jesus realized that they would try to force him to be their king. So he went up on a mountain, where he could be alone.Select John 6:15

Jesus Walks on the Water

16That evening, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake.Select John 6:16

17They got into a boat and started across for Capernaum. Later that evening Jesus had still not come to them,Select John 6:17

18and a strong wind was making the water rough.Select John 6:18

19When the disciples had rowed for five or six kilometers, they saw Jesus walking on the water. He kept coming closer to the boat, and they were terrified.Select John 6:19

20But he said, “I am Jesus! Don't be afraid!”Select John 6:20

21The disciples wanted to take him into the boat, but suddenly the boat reached the shore where they were headed.Select John 6:21

The Bread That Gives Life

22The people who had stayed on the east side of the lake knew that only one boat had been there. They also knew that Jesus had not left in it with his disciples. But the next daySelect John 6:22

23some boats from Tiberias sailed near the place where the crowd had eaten the bread for which the Lord had given thanks.Select John 6:23

24They saw that Jesus and his disciples had left. Then they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.Select John 6:24

25They found him on the west side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”Select John 6:25

26Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that you are not looking for me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate all the food you wanted.Select John 6:26

27Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”Select John 6:27

28“What exactly does God want us to do?” the people asked.Select John 6:28

29Jesus answered, “God wants you to have faith in the one he sent.”Select John 6:29

30They replied, “What miracle will you work, so that we can have faith in you? What will you do?Select John 6:30

31For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”Select John 6:31

32Jesus then told them, “I tell you for certain that Moses wasn't the one who gave you bread from heaven. My Father is the one who gives you the true bread from heaven.Select John 6:32

33And the bread that God gives is the one who came down from heaven to give life to the world.”Select John 6:33

34The people said, “Sir, give us this bread and don't ever stop!”Select John 6:34

35Jesus replied: I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty.Select John 6:35

36I have told you already that you have seen me and still do not have faith in me.Select John 6:36

37Everything and everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won't turn any of them away.Select John 6:37

38I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me,Select John 6:38

39and he wants to make certain that none of the ones he has given me will be lost. Instead, he wants me to raise them to life on the last day.Select John 6:39

40My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day.Select John 6:40

41The people started grumbling because Jesus had said he was the bread that had come down from heaven.Select John 6:41

42They were asking each other, “Isn't he Jesus, the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father and mother? How can he say that he has come down from heaven?”Select John 6:42

43Jesus told them: Stop grumbling!Select John 6:43

44No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me makes them want to come. But if they do come, I will raise them to life on the last day.Select John 6:44

45One of the prophets wrote, “God will teach all of them.” And so everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.Select John 6:45

46The only one who has seen the Father is the one who has come from him. No one else has ever seen the Father.Select John 6:46

47I tell you for certain that everyone who has faith in me has eternal life.Select John 6:47

48I am the bread that gives life!Select John 6:48

49Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, and later they died.Select John 6:49

50But the bread from heaven has come down, so that no one who eats it will ever die.Select John 6:50

51I am that bread from heaven! Everyone who eats it will live forever. My flesh is the life-giving bread I give to the people of this world.Select John 6:51

52They started arguing with each other and asked, “How can he give us his flesh to eat?”Select John 6:52

53Jesus answered: I tell you for certain that you won't live unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man.Select John 6:53

54But if you do eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have eternal life, and I will raise you to life on the last day.Select John 6:54

55My flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink.Select John 6:55

56If you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you are one with me, and I am one with you.Select John 6:56

57The living Father sent me, and I have life because of him. Now everyone who eats my flesh will live because of me.Select John 6:57

58The bread that comes down from heaven isn't like what your ancestors ate. They died, but whoever eats this bread will live forever.Select John 6:58

59Jesus was teaching in a synagogue in Capernaum when he said these things.Select John 6:59

The Words of Eternal Life

60Many of Jesus' disciples heard him and said, “This is too hard for anyone to understand.”Select John 6:60

61Jesus knew that his disciples were grumbling. So he asked, “Does this bother you?Select John 6:61

62What if you should see the Son of Man go up to heaven where he came from?Select John 6:62

63The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit.Select John 6:63

64But some of you refuse to have faith in me.” Jesus said this, because from the beginning he knew who would have faith in him. He also knew which one would betray him.Select John 6:64

65Then Jesus said, “You cannot come to me, unless the Father makes you want to come. That is why I have told these things to all of you.”Select John 6:65

66Because of what Jesus said, many of his disciples turned their backs on him and stopped following him.Select John 6:66

67Jesus then asked his twelve disciples if they also were going to leave him.Select John 6:67

68Simon Peter answered, “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life.Select John 6:68

69We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God's Holy One.”Select John 6:69

70Jesus told his disciples, “I chose all twelve of you, but one of you is a demon!”Select John 6:70

71Jesus was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. He would later betray Jesus, even though he was one of the twelve disciples.Select John 6:71