John 6:22-32

I Am the Bread of Life

22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only 1one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.
23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord 2had given thanks.
24 3So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and 4went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, 5"Rabbi, when did you come here?"
26 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, 6you are seeking me, not because you saw 7signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
27 8Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for 9the food that endures to eternal life, which 10the Son of Man will give to you. For on 11him God the Father has 12set his seal."
28 Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing 13the works of God?"
29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, 14that you believe in him whom 15he has sent."
30 So they said to him, 16"Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
31 17Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 18'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

Cross References 18

  • 1. John 21:8
  • 2. ver. 11
  • 3. For ver. 24, 25, [Matthew 14:34-36; Mark 6:53-56]
  • 4. ver. 17, 59
  • 5. See John 1:38
  • 6. ver. 24
  • 7. ver. 2
  • 8. Isaiah 55:2
  • 9. [ver. 35, 50, 51, 54, 58]
  • 10. See Daniel 7:13
  • 11. [John 5:36, 37; John 10:36]
  • 12. [Ezekiel 9:4; Romans 4:11; 1 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Timothy 2:19]; See John 3:33
  • 13. 1 Corinthians 15:58; Revelation 2:26
  • 14. 1 John 3:23
  • 15. See John 3:17
  • 16. See Matthew 12:38
  • 17. ver. 49, 58; Exodus 16:15; Numbers 11:7-9
  • 18. Cited from Nehemiah 9:15; [Psalms 78:24, 25; Psalms 105:40; 1 Corinthians 10:3]
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