John 6

1 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. ‡ Mrk 6:31-44Jhn 6:23Luk 5:1Mat 4:18Jhn 21:1Num 34:11Mat 14:13-21Jos 12:3 +22 A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick. ‡ Mat 4:24-25Mat 12:15Mat 15:30-31Jhn 2:11Mat 14:14Mrk 6:33Mat 8:1Mat 13:2 3 Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples. ‡ Jhn 6:15Luk 9:28Mat 14:23Luk 6:12-13Mat 15:29 4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. ‡ Jhn 2:13Jhn 11:55Deu 16:1Exo 12:6-14Jhn 5:1Jhn 12:1Jhn 13:1Lev 23:5 +15 Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?” ‡ Luk 9:12-13Mat 15:33Jhn 1:43Jhn 4:35Mat 14:14-15Mrk 6:34-35Mrk 8:2-4 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. ‡ Gen 22:12Ch 32:31Deu 13:3Deu 8:16Deu 33:8Deu 8:2

7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii ¹ worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.” ‡ Mrk 6:37Num 11:21-22Jhn 12:52Ki 4:43Mat 18:28

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ‡ Jhn 1:40-44Mat 4:18 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?” ‡ 2Ki 4:42-44Mat 14:17Mrk 6:38Luk 9:13Psa 78:19Mat 16:9Mrk 8:192Co 8:9 +12

10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. ‡ Luk 9:14-16Mat 14:18-19Mrk 8:6-7Mat 15:35-36Mrk 6:39-41 11 Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fish as much as they desired. ‡ 1Th 5:18Jhn 6:23Luk 24:30Mat 15:36Rom 14:61Co 10:311Ti 4:4-51Sa 9:13 +112 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.” ‡ Luk 1:53Luk 9:17Neh 9:25Mrk 6:42-44Neh 8:10Mat 14:20-21Mat 15:37-38Mrk 8:8-9 +313 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten. ‡ Pro 11:24-251Ki 7:15-162Ch 25:92Co 9:8-92Ki 4:2-7Php 4:19 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.” ‡ Deu 18:15-18Act 7:37Mat 21:11Mat 11:3Act 3:22-24Gen 49:10Jhn 1:21Jhn 7:40 +515 Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself. ‡ Jhn 18:36Jhn 7:3-4Jhn 6:15-21Luk 19:38Mrk 11:9Mrk 6:45-52Mat 14:22-33Jhn 2:24-25 +4

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea. 17 They entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ‡ Mrk 6:45Jhn 6:24-25Jhn 2:12Jhn 4:46 18 The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing. ‡ Psa 135:7Psa 107:25Mat 14:24 19 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, ² they saw Jesus walking on the sea ³ and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid. ‡ Mrk 6:47-49Mat 14:25-26Jhn 14:18Psa 93:4Job 9:8Jon 1:13Ezk 27:26Luk 24:36-39 +520 But he said to them, “It is I. ⁴ Don’t be afraid.” ‡ Mat 14:27-31Isa 43:1-2Isa 44:8Isa 41:10Isa 41:14Rev 1:17-18Mrk 6:50Mrk 16:6 +121 They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going. ‡ Mrk 6:51Mat 14:32-33Psa 24:7-10Rev 3:20Sng 3:4

22 On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. ‡ Mrk 6:45Jhn 6:15-21Jhn 6:2Mat 14:22 23 However, boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. ‡ Jhn 6:1Jhn 6:11-12 24 When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. ‡ Jhn 6:17Luk 8:40Mrk 1:37Mrk 6:53Jhn 18:4-5Jhn 20:15Jhn 6:23Jhn 6:59 +225 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” ‡ Jhn 1:38-39Mat 23:7

26 Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. ‡ Jas 4:3-4Php 3:19Php 2:211Ti 6:5Act 8:18-21Ezk 33:31Rom 16:18Jhn 6:2 +1027 Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.” ‡ Col 3:2Isa 55:2Jhn 6:542Ti 2:19Jhn 6:40Mat 6:19Rom 6:23Jhn 6:51 +54

28 They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the works of God?” ‡ Act 16:30Act 9:6Luk 10:25Mat 19:16Act 2:37Deu 5:27Mic 6:7-8Jer 42:20 +1

29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” ‡ 1Jn 3:23Act 16:31Jhn 3:36Heb 5:91Jn 5:1Mrk 16:16Rom 4:4-5Jhn 5:39 +7

30 They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see and believe you? What work do you do? ‡ Jhn 12:371Co 1:22Jhn 10:38Jhn 6:361Ki 13:31Ki 13:5Act 4:30Exo 4:8 +1131 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven ⁵ to eat.’” ⁶ ‡ Neh 9:15Psa 105:40Psa 78:24-25Exo 16:4-15Exo 16:35Deu 8:3Jhn 6:49Neh 9:20 +5

32 Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. ‡ Exo 16:4Jhn 15:1Jhn 6:58Exo 16:8Gal 4:4Jhn 1:9Jhn 6:33Jhn 6:35 +533 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” ‡ Jhn 8:42Jhn 17:8Jhn 3:131Jn 1:1-2Jhn 6:501Ti 1:15Jhn 13:3Jhn 16:28 +2

34 They said therefore to him, “Lord, always give us this bread.” ‡ Jhn 4:15Jhn 6:26Psa 4:6

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. ‡ Jhn 6:48-58Isa 55:1-3Rev 22:17Jhn 6:41Isa 49:10Jhn 7:37-38Rev 7:16Mat 11:28 +836 But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe. ‡ 1Pe 1:8-9Jhn 12:37Jhn 6:26Luk 16:31Jhn 15:24Jhn 6:30Jhn 6:40Jhn 6:64 37 All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out. ‡ Mat 11:28Jhn 6:39Jhn 17:24Jhn 10:28-29Jhn 17:2Jhn 17:62Ti 2:19Isa 55:7 +2238 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. ‡ Jhn 5:30Jhn 4:34Jhn 3:31Php 2:7-8Psa 40:7-8Isa 53:10Jhn 6:33Jhn 3:13 +639 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. ‡ Jhn 17:12Jhn 6:40Jhn 18:9Jhn 10:27-30Jhn 6:54Jhn 6:44Jud 1:1Rom 8:11 +1340 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” ‡ Jhn 5:24Rom 6:23Jhn 6:54Jhn 11:25Jhn 3:15-18Jhn 4:14Jhn 1:14Jhn 12:45 +23

41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.” ‡ Jhn 6:51-52Jhn 6:33Jhn 6:48Jhn 6:60Jhn 6:66Jhn 7:12Jhn 6:43Jhn 6:58 +542 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?” ‡ Luk 4:22Mat 13:55-56Mrk 6:31Co 15:47Jhn 7:27-28Gal 4:4Jhn 6:38Jhn 6:62 +2

43 Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves. ‡ Heb 4:13Jhn 6:64Jhn 16:19Mat 16:8Mrk 9:33 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up in the last day. ‡ Jhn 6:65Mat 11:25-27Jhn 6:39-40Eph 2:4-10Jhn 12:32Mat 16:17Jhn 6:45Tit 3:3-5 +1345 It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ ⁷Therefore everyone who hears from the Father and has learned, comes to me. ‡ Isa 54:13Jer 31:33-34Heb 10:16Heb 8:10-111Th 4:9Mic 4:2Isa 2:3Jhn 6:65 +1246 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father. ‡ Jhn 1:18Jhn 7:29Luk 10:22Mat 11:271Jn 4:121Ti 6:16Col 1:15Jhn 14:9-10 +447 Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life. ‡ Jhn 3:36Col 3:3-4Jhn 3:16Jhn 5:24Rom 5:9-10Jhn 3:18Jhn 6:40Jhn 6:54 +248 I am the bread of life. ‡ Jhn 6:511Co 11:24-251Co 10:16-17Jhn 6:41Jhn 6:33-35 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died. ‡ Heb 3:17-19Jud 1:51Co 10:3-5Jhn 6:31Jhn 6:58Num 26:65Zec 1:5 50 This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. ‡ Jhn 6:33Rom 8:10Jhn 6:51Jhn 6:58Jhn 8:51Jhn 3:13Jhn 6:42Jhn 11:25-26 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” ‡ Jhn 6:33Luk 22:19Tit 2:14Heb 10:5-12Jhn 3:132Co 5:21Mat 20:28Heb 10:20 +13

52 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ‡ Jhn 10:19Jhn 9:16Jhn 6:411Co 2:14Act 17:32Jhn 3:4Jhn 3:9Jhn 4:11 +1

53 Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves. ‡ 1Jn 5:12Mat 26:26-28Jhn 6:55Jhn 6:47Jhn 15:4Jhn 6:26-27Jhn 3:3Rev 2:17 +954 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ‡ Jhn 6:39-40Php 3:7-10Gal 2:20Jhn 6:27Pro 9:4-6Isa 55:1-3Jhn 4:14Jhn 6:47 +355 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ‡ Jhn 6:32Jhn 8:31Jhn 8:36Jhn 1:9Jhn 15:11Jn 5:20Heb 8:2Jhn 1:47 +156 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. ‡ 1Jn 3:24Jhn 15:4-5Rev 3:20Jhn 14:20Jhn 17:21-23Psa 91:91Jn 4:15-16Jhn 14:23 +657 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live because of me. ‡ Gal 2:20Jhn 17:21Jhn 5:26Col 3:3-4Jer 10:10Jhn 3:17Psa 18:461Co 15:22 +858 This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.” ‡ Jhn 3:36Jhn 6:47-51Jhn 6:31-34Jhn 6:41 59 He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. ‡ Jhn 6:24Jhn 18:20Luk 4:31Pro 1:20-23Pro 8:1-3Psa 40:9-10

60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?” ‡ Jhn 6:66Jhn 8:43Jhn 8:31Mat 11:6Jhn 6:41-422Pe 3:16Heb 5:11

61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? ‡ Jhn 2:24-25Jhn 6:64Heb 4:13Rev 2:23Jhn 21:17Mat 11:6 62 Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? ‡ Jhn 3:13Mrk 16:19Eph 4:8-10Luk 24:511Pe 3:22Act 1:9Jhn 16:28Jhn 17:4-5 +263 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life. ‡ Gal 5:25Heb 4:12Psa 119:93Jhn 6:68Psa 119:1301Pe 1:23Psa 119:50Deu 32:47 +2064 But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him. ‡ 2Ti 2:19Jhn 10:26Heb 4:13Jhn 13:10-11Jhn 2:24-25Jhn 5:42Jhn 6:61Jhn 6:70-71 +965 He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.” ‡ Jhn 6:44-45Jhn 6:37Jhn 3:27Jhn 10:26-27Eph 2:8-92Ti 2:25Jas 1:16-18Tit 3:3-7 +5

66 At this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him. ‡ Luk 9:621Jn 2:19Heb 10:38Jhn 6:60Jhn 8:312Ti 4:10Mat 19:22Jhn 6:64 +767 Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?” ‡ Jhn 6:70Luk 14:25-33Rut 1:11-18Jos 24:15-222Sa 15:19-20Mat 10:2

68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. ‡ Psa 73:25Jhn 5:241Jn 5:11-13Act 4:12Act 5:20Jhn 6:63Mat 16:16Act 7:38 +369 We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” ‡ Jhn 11:27Luk 9:20Mrk 8:291Jn 5:11Jn 5:20Jhn 1:45-49Jhn 20:28Jhn 1:29 +7

70 Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” ‡ Jhn 13:27Jhn 13:2Jhn 17:12Jhn 6:64Jhn 13:18Rev 3:9-101Jn 3:81Ti 3:11 +971 Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve. ‡ Mat 26:14-16Act 1:16-20Jud 1:4Psa 41:9Act 2:23Jhn 13:26Jhn 18:2-6Mat 27:3-5 +2