John:6

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* After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee , [or ] of Tiberias , * and a great crowd followed him , because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick . * And Jesus went up into the mountain , and there sat with his disciples : * but the passover , the feast of the Jews , was near . * Jesus then , lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him , says to Philip , Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat ? * But this he said trying him , for he knew what he was going to do . * Philip answered him , Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them , that each may have some little [portion ]. * One of his disciples , Andrew , Simon Peter 's brother , says to him , * There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes ; but this , what is it for so many ? * [And ] Jesus said , Make the men sit down . Now there was much grass in the place : the men therefore sat down , in number about five thousand . * And Jesus took the loaves , and having given thanks , distributed [them ] to those that were set down ; and in like manner of the small fishes as much as they would . * And when they had been filled , he says to his disciples , Gather together the fragments which are over and above , that nothing may be lost . * They gathered [them ] therefore together , and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves , which were over and above to those that had eaten . * The men therefore , having seen the sign which Jesus had done , said , This is truly the prophet which is coming into the world . * Jesus therefore knowing that they were going to come and seize him , that they might make [him ] king , departed again to the mountain himself alone . * But when evening was come , his disciples went down to the sea , * and having gone on board ship , they went over the sea to Capernaum . And it had already become dark , and Jesus had not come to them , * and the sea was agitated by a strong wind blowing . * Having rowed then about twenty-five or thirty stadia , they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the ship ; and they were frightened . * But he says to them , It is I : be not afraid . * They were willing therefore to receive him into the ship ; and immediately the ship was at the land to which they went . * On the morrow the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea , having seen that there was no other little ship there except that into which his disciples had got , and that Jesus had not gone with his disciples into the ship , but [that ] his disciples had gone away alone ; * (but other little ships out of Tiberias came near to the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks ;) * when therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was not there , nor his disciples , they got into the ships , and came to Capernaum , seeking Jesus . * And having found him the other side of the sea , they said to him , Rabbi , when art thou arrived here ? * Jesus answered them and said , Verily , verily , I say to you , Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs , but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled . * Work not [for ] the food which perishes , but [for ] the food which abides unto life eternal , which the Son of man shall give to you ; for him has the Father sealed , [even ] God . * They said therefore to him , What should we do that we may work the works of God ? * Jesus answered and said to them , This is the work of God , that ye believe on him whom he has sent . * They said therefore to him , What sign then doest thou that we may see and believe thee ? what dost thou work ? * Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness , as it is written , He gave them bread out of heaven to eat . * Jesus therefore said to them , Verily , verily , I say to you , [It is ] not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven ; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven . * For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world . * They said therefore to him , Lord , ever give to us this bread . * [And ] Jesus said to them , I am the bread of life : he that comes to me shall never hunger , and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time . * But I have said to you , that ye have also seen me and do not believe . * All that the Father gives me shall come to me , and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out . * For I am come down from heaven , not that I should do my will , but the will of him that has sent me . * And this is the will of him that has sent me , that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing , but should raise it up in the last day . * For this is the will of my Father , that every one who sees the Son , and believes on him , should have life eternal ; and I will raise him up at the last day . * The Jews therefore murmured about him , because he said , I am the bread which has come down out of heaven . * And they said , Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph , whose father and mother we have known ? how then does he say , I am come down out of heaven ? * Jesus therefore answered and said to them , Murmur not among yourselves . * No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him , and I will raise him up in the last day . * It is written in the prophets , And they shall be all taught of God . Every one that has heard from the Father [himself ], and has learned [of him ], comes to me ; * not that any one has seen the Father , except he who is of God , he has seen the Father . * Verily , verily , I say to you , He that believes [on me ] has life eternal . * I am the bread of life . * Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died . * This is the bread which comes down out of heaven , that one may eat of it and not die . * I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven : if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever ; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh , which I will give for the life of the world . * The Jews therefore contended among themselves , saying , How can he give us this flesh to eat ? * Jesus therefore said to them , Verily , verily , I say unto you , Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man , and drunk his blood , ye have no life in yourselves . * He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal , and I will raise him up at the last day : * for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink . * He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him . * As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father , he also who eats me shall live also on account of me . * This is the bread which has come down out of heaven . Not as the fathers ate and died : he that eats this bread shall live for ever . * These things he said in [the ] synagogue , teaching in Capernaum . * Many therefore of his disciples having heard [it ] said , This word is hard ; who can hear it ? * But Jesus , knowing in himself that his disciples murmur concerning this , said to them , Does this offend you ? * If then ye see the Son of man ascending up where he was before ? * It is the Spirit which quickens , the flesh profits nothing : the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life . * But there are some of you who do not believe . For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe , and who would deliver him up . * And he said , Therefore said I unto you , that no one can come to me unless it be given to him from the Father . * From that [time ] many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him . * Jesus therefore said to the twelve , Will ye also go away ? * Simon Peter answered him , Lord , to whom shall we go ? thou hast words of life eternal ; * and we have believed and known that thou art the holy one of God . * Jesus answered them , Have not I chosen you the twelve ? and of you one is a devil . * Now he spoke of Judas [the son ] of Simon , Iscariote , for he [it was who ] should deliver him up , being one of the twelve .

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