After these things ^aJesus went away to the other side of ^bthe Sea of Galilee (or ^cTiberias). 2 Now a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing the ^1asigns which He was doing on those who were sick. 3 Then ^aJesus went up on the mountain, and there He was sitting down with His disciples. 4 Now ^athe Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to ^aPhilip, “Where should we buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 And this He was saying to ^atest him, for He Himself knew what He was going to do. 7 ^aPhilip answered Him, “^bTwo hundred ¹denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.” 8 One of His ^adisciples, ^bAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two ^afish, but what are these for so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people ¹sit down.” Now there was ^amuch grass in the place. So the men ²sat down, in number about ^bfive thousand. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and ^ahaving given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; likewise also of the ^bfish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they were filled, He *said to His ^adisciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve ^abaskets with pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. 14 Therefore when the people saw the ¹sign which He had done, they were saying, “This is truly the ^aProphet who is to come into the world.”

15 So Jesus, knowing that they were going to come and take Him by force ^ato make Him king, ^bwithdrew again to ^cthe mountain by Himself alone.

16 Now when evening came, His ^adisciples went down to the sea, 17 and after getting into a boat, they began to cross the sea ^ato Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 And the sea *was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. 19 Then, when they had rowed about ¹twenty-five or thirty stadia, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened. 20 But He *said to them,¹ “It is I; ^2ado not be afraid.” 21 So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

22 On the next day, ^athe crowd which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus ^bhad not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other small boats came from ^aTiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ^bLord ^chad given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and ^acame to Capernaum seeking Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “^aRabbi, when did You come here?”

26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you ^aseek Me, not because you saw ^bsigns, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not ^awork for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to ^beternal life, which ^cthe Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, ^dset His seal.” 28 Therefore they said to Him, “What should we do, so that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is ^athe work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ^bhas sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “^aWhat then do You do for a ^bsign so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform? 31 ^aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘^bHE GAVE THEM BREAD FROM HEAVEN TO EAT.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is ¹that which ^acomes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^agive us this bread.”

35 Jesus said to them, “^aI am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me ^bwill never thirst. 36 But ^aI said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 ^aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out. 38 For ^aI have come down from heaven, ^bnot to do My own will, but ^cthe will of Him who ^dsent Me. 39 Now this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^aall that He has given Me I ^blose nothing, but ^craise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ^asees the Son and ^bbelieves in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ^craise him up on the last day.”

41 ^aTherefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that ^bcame down from heaven.” 42 They were saying, “^aIs not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^bwe know? How does He now say, ‘^cI have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^adraws him; and I will ^braise him up on the last day. 45 It is written ^ain the prophets, ‘^bAND THEY SHALL ALL BE ^cTAUGHT BY GOD.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 ^aNot that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ^ahas eternal life. 48 ^aI am the bread of life. 49 ^aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which ^acomes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and ^bnot die. 51 ^aI am the living bread that ^bcame down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ^che will live forever; and also the bread which I will give ^dfor the life of the world is ^eMy flesh.”

52 ^aThen the Jews ^bbegan to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^athe Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. 54 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ^araise him up on the last day. 55 For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^aabides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the ^aliving Father ^bsent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which ^acame down out of heaven, not as ^bthe fathers ate and died. He who eats this bread ^cwill live forever.”

59 These things He said ^ain the synagogue as He taught ^bin Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ^adisciples, when they heard this said, “^bThis is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, ^aknowing in Himself that His disciples were grumbling at this, said to them, “Does this ^bcause you to stumble? 62 What then if you see ^athe Son of Man ^bascending to where He was before? 63 ^aThe Spirit is the One who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ^bthe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. 64 But there are ^asome of you who do not believe.” For Jesus ^bknew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ^cwho it was that would ¹betray Him. 65 And He was saying, “For this reason I have ^asaid to you, that no one can come to Me unless ^bit has been granted him from the Father.”

66 As a result of this many of His ^adisciples ^1bwent away and were not walking with Him anymore. 67 So Jesus said to ^athe twelve, “Do you also want to go?” 68 ^aSimon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^bwords of eternal life. 69 And we have believed and have come to know that You are ^athe Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “^aDid I Myself not choose you, ^bthe twelve, and yet one of you is ^ca devil?” 71 Now He was speaking of Judas ^athe son of Simon Iscariot, for he, ^bone of ^cthe twelve, ¹was going to betray Him.

After this, ^aJesus went to the other side of ^bthe Sea of Galilee (or ¹Sea of ^cTiberias). Matt 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:23; 21:1 2 A large crowd was following Him because they had seen the ^asigns (attesting miracles) which He continually performed on those who were sick. 3 And ^aJesus went up on the mountainside and sat down there with His disciples. 4 Now ^athe Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching. Ex 12:1-36 5 Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward Him, and He said to ^aPhilip, “Where will we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 But He said this to ^atest Philip, because He knew what He was about to do. 7 ^aPhilip answered, “^bTwo hundred denarii (200 days’ wages) worth of bread is not enough for each one to receive even a little.” 8 One of His ^adisciples, ^bAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two ^afish; but what are these for so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down to eat.” Now the ground there was covered with an ^aabundance of grass, so the men sat down, about ^1b5,000 in number. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when He ^ahad given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; the same also with the ^bfish, as much as they wanted. 12 When they had eaten enough, He said to His ^adisciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and they filled twelve large ^abaskets with pieces from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign (attesting miracle) that He had done, they began saying, “This is without a doubt the promised ^aProphet who is to come into the world!” Deut 18:15, 18; John 1:21; Acts 3:22

15 Then Jesus, knowing that they were going to come and take Him by force ^ato make Him king, ^bwithdrew again to ^cthe mountainside by Himself.

16 When evening came, His ^adisciples went down to the sea, 17 and they got into a boat and started to cross the sea ^ato Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had still not come back to them. 18 The sea was getting rough and rising high because a strong wind was blowing. 19 Then, when they had rowed ¹three or four miles and were near the ²center of the sea, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat; and they were terribly frightened. 20 But Jesus said to them, “It is I (I AM) ; ^ado not be afraid.” Matt 14:27; John 8:58 21 Then they were willing to take Him on board the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore of the land to which they were going.

22 The next day ^athe crowd that stood on the other side of the sea realized that there had been only one small boat there, and that Jesus ^bhad not boarded the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away alone. 23 Now some other small boats from ^1aTiberias had come in near the place where they ate the bread after the ^bLord ^chad given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they boarded the small boats themselves and ^acame to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “^aRabbi, when did You get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you have been ^asearching for Me, not because you saw the ^bsigns (attesting miracles) , but because you ate the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not ^awork for food that perishes, but for food that endures and leads to ^beternal life, which ^cthe Son of Man will give you; for God the Father ^dhas authorized Him and put His seal on Him.” 28 Then they asked Him, “What are we to do, so that we may habitually be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered, “This is ^athe work of God: that you believe adhere to, trust in, rely on, and have faith in the One whom He ^bhas sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “^aWhat ^bsign (attesting miracle) will You do that we may see it and believe You? What supernatural work will You do as proof? 31 ^aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written in Scripture, ‘^bHE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.’” Ex 16:15; Neh 9:15; Ps 78:24 32 Then Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true ¹bread out of heaven. 33 For the Bread of God is He who ^acomes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^agive us this bread.”

35 Jesus replied to them, “^1aI am the Bread of Life. The one who comes to Me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in Me as Savior ^bwill never be thirsty for that one will be sustained spiritually. 36 But as ^aI told you, you have seen Me and still you do not believe. 37 ^aAll that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me. 38 For ^aI have come down from heaven, ^bnot to do My own will, but to do ^cthe will of Him who ^dsent Me. 39 This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^aall that He has given Me I ^blose nothing, but that I give new life and ^craise it up at the last day. 40 For this is My Father’s will and purpose, that everyone who ^asees the Son and ^bbelieves in Him as Savior will have eternal life, and I will ^craise him up from the dead on the last day.”

41 ^aNow the Jews murmured and found fault with Him because He said, “I am the Bread that ^bcame down out of heaven.” 42 They kept saying, “^aIs this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^bwe know? How does He now have the arrogance to say, ‘^cI have come down out of heaven’?” 43 So Jesus answered, “Stop murmuring among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^adraws him giving him the desire to come to Me; and I will ^braise him up from the dead on the last day. 45 It is written ^ain the prophets, ‘^bAND THEY WILL ALL BE ^cTAUGHT OF GOD.’ Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father, comes to Me. Is 54:13 46 ^aNot that anyone has seen the Father, except He who was with the Father and who is from God; He alone has seen the Father. 47 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he who believes in Me as Savior—whoever adheres to, trusts in, relies on, and has faith in Me—already ^ahas eternal life that is, now possesses it. 48 ^aI am the Bread of Life the Living Bread which gives and sustains life. 49 ^aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the Bread that ^acomes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ^bnot die. 51 ^aI am the Living Bread that ^bcame down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior, ^che will live forever. And the Bread that I will give ^dfor the life of the world is ^eMy flesh (body) .”

52 ^aThen the Jews ^bbegan to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” 53 And Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^athe Son of Man and drink His blood unless you believe in Me as Savior and believe in the saving power of My blood which will be shed for you, you do not have life in yourselves. 54 The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior has eternal life that is, now possesses it, and I will ^araise him up from the dead on the last day. 55 For My flesh is true spiritual food, and My blood is true spiritual drink. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior ^aremains in Me, and I in the same way remain in him. 57 Just as the ^aliving Father ^bsent Me, and I live because of the Father, even so the one who feeds on Me believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior will also live because of Me. 58 This is the Bread which ^acame down out of heaven. It is not like the manna that ^bour fathers ate and they eventually died; the one who eats this Bread believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior ^cwill live forever.”

59 He said these things ^ain a synagogue while He was teaching ^bin Capernaum.

60 When many of His ^adisciples heard this, they said, “^bThis is a difficult and harsh and offensive statement. Who can be expected to listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, ^aaware that His disciples were complaining about it, asked them, “Does this cause you to ^bstumble and take offense? 62 What then will you think if you see ^athe Son of Man ^bascending to the realm where He was before? 63 ^aIt is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh conveys no benefit it is of no account. ^bThe words I have spoken to you are spirit and life providing eternal life. 64 But still there are ^asome of you who do not believe and have faith.” For Jesus ^bknew from the beginning who did not believe, and ^cwho would betray Him. 65 And He was saying, “This is the reason why I have ^atold you that no one can come to Me unless ^bit has been granted him that is, unless he is enabled to do so by the Father.”

66 As a result of this ¹many of His ^adisciples ^babandoned Him, and no longer walked with Him. 67 So Jesus said to ^athe twelve disciples, “You do not want to leave too, do you?” 68 ^aSimon Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You alone have the ^bwords of eternal life you are our only hope. 69 We have believed and confidently trusted, and even more we have come to know by personal observation and experience that You are ^athe Holy One of God the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “^aDid I not choose you, ^bthe twelve disciples? And yet one of you is ^ca devil (ally of Satan) .” 71 Now He was speaking of Judas, ^athe son of Simon Iscariot; for he, ^bone of ^cthe twelve disciples, was about to betray Him.