John:6

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* After this Jesus went away across the Sea of Galilee (that is the lake of Tiberias ). * A great crowd were following him , because they witnessed the signs which he was continually performing among those who were ill . * Then Jesus walked up the hills and sat down there with his disciples . Now the Jewish feast , the Passover , was at hand . * Accordingly when he looked up , and perceived a great crowd was coming unto him , * he said to Philip , "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat ?" * He said this to test him , for he himself knew what he intended to do . * "Thirty-five dollars worth of bread ," answered Philip , "is not enough for them , so that each can take a morsel ." * One of his disciples , Andrew , the brother of Simon , said to him . * "There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish ; but what is that among so many ?" * "Make the men sit down ," said Jesus . The ground was covered with thick grass ; so the men sat down , in numbers about five thousand . "of righteousness , because I am going to my Father , and you will no longer see me ; * Then Jesus took the loaves , and when he had given thanks he distributed them among those who were seated ; in like manner also of the fish , as much as they wished , * and when they were satisfied , he said to his disciples , "Gather up the fragments that are left , so that nothing may be wasted ." * So they gathered them up , and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves - the broken pieces that were left after they had eaten . * So when the people saw the sign which he had performed , they said , "This is in the truth the Prophet who is to come into the world ." * When Jesus perceived that they intended to seize him in order to make him a king , he retired again to the hill all by himself . * When evening came on , his disciples went down to the sea . * There they got in a boat , and started across the sea for Capernaum . The darkness had already fallen , * Jesus had not yet come to them , and the sea began to rise , because a strong wind was blowing . * After they had rowed three or four miles , they saw Jesus walking upon the sea , and drawing near to the boat , and they were terrified ; * but he said to them , "It is I , be not afraid ." * Then they were willing to take him on board , and immediately the boat reached the shore they were making for . * The crowd that remained on the other side of the sea had seen that there was only one small boat there , and that Jesus had not gone aboard with his disciples , but that his disciples had gone away by themselves . * So , on the following day , when boats came from Tiberias near the place were they had eaten bread , after the Lord had given thanks , they got into the boats themselves , * when they saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there , and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus . * When they found him on the other side of the sea , they said to him , "Rabbi , when did you get here ?" * Jesus answered . "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me , not because you saw miracles signs , but because you ate of the bread and were filled . * "Labor not for food which perishes , but for the food that endures eternal life - that which the Son of man will give you ; for on the Father - God - has set his seal ." * "What are we to do habitually ," they asked him , "that we may keep working the words of God ?" * "This is the work of God ," answered Jesus , "that you believe on him whom He has sent you ." * The they said to him . "What sign , then , are you performing , so that we may see it and believe in you ? What work are you doing ? * "Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness , as it is written , He gave them bread out of heaven to eat ." * "In solemn truth I tell you ," said Jesus in reply , "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven , but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven ; * "for the bread of God is what come down from heaven , and gives life to the world ." * "Ah , Sir ," said they , "evermore give us this bread ." * "I myself am the bread of life ," answered Jesus ; "he who comes to me shall never hunger , and he that believes on me shall never thirst again . * "But as I told you , you have seen me , and yet you do not believe . * "Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me ; and him who comes to me I will never reject . * "For I am come down from heaven , not to do my own will , but the will of him who sent me . * "And this is the will of him who sent me , that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me , but should raise them up at the last day . * "For this is my Fathers will , that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him , shall have eternal life . and I will raise him up at the last day ." * Then the Jews began to find fault with Jesus , because he said , "I am the bread which comes down out of heaven ," and they kept asking . * "Is not this Jesus , the son of Joseph ? Do we not know his father and mother ? How is it that he now says , I have come down from heaven ?" * "Do not find fault with me among yourselves ," * answered Jesus ; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him ; then I will raise him up on the last day . * "It is written in the Prophets , "And they shall all of them be taught of God . Every one who has listened to the father and learns from him , comes to me . * "Not that any one has seen the Father , except the one who is from God ; he has seen the Father . * "I tell you solemnly that he who believes has eternal life . * "I am the bread of life . * "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness ; yet they died . * "This is the bread that comes down from heaven , that one may eat thereof and never die . * "I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven . Any one who eats this bread will live forever ; and moreover , the bread which I will give is my flesh , given for the life of the world ." * Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves , saying , "How can this man give us his flesh to eat ?" * "I tell you solemnly ," said Jesus , "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man , and drink his blood , you have no life in you . * "He who feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life , and I will raise him up on the last day . * "For my flesh is true food , and my blood is true drink . * "He who feeds upon my flesh abides in me and I in him . * "Just as the living Father has sent me , and I live by the Father , so also that man who feeds on me shall live by me . * "This is the bread which came down from heaven ; not such as your fathers ate and died , for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever ." * He spoke these words while in the synagogue , while he was teaching in Capernaum . * So many of his disciples , when they heard it , said . "This teaching is unbelievable ! Who can listen to him ?" * Jesus , conscious within himself that his disciples were finding fault with him about his teaching , said to them . * "Does this displease you ? What then if you were to behold the Son of man ascending to where he was before ? * "The spirit is what gives life ; the flesh is of no avail . The words which I have been speaking to you , are spirit and are life . * "Yet there are some of you who do not believe ." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe , and who it was who should betray him . * So he added , "This is why I told you that no on can come to me unless it be given from the Father ." * Therefore many of his disciples drew back and no longer companied with him . * So Jesus appealed to the Twelve . "You also do not wish to leave me , do you ?" * Simon Peter answered . "To whom shall we go Master ? You have words of eternal life ; * "and we have learned to believe and we know that you are the holy one of God ." * In reply Jesus said to them . "Have I not chosen you , the Twelve ? And yet even of you one is an enemy ." * Now Jesus was speaking of Judas , the son of Simon Iscariot ; for Judas was to betray him , although he was one of the Twelve .

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