John 6:25-71

25 When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "¹Rabbi, when did You get here?"

Words to the People

26 Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you ²seek Me, not because you saw ³signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

27 "Do not ⁴work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to ⁵eternal life, which ⁶the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, ⁷has set His seal."

28 Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?"

29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is ⁸the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ⁹has sent."

30 So they said to Him, "¹⁰What then do You do for a ¹¹sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

31 "¹²Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, '¹³HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.' "

32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I 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 bread out of heaven.

33 "For the bread of God is that which ¹⁴comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

34 Then they said to Him, "Lord, always ¹⁵give us this bread."

35 Jesus said to them, "¹⁶I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me ¹⁷will never * thirst.

36 "But ¹⁸I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

37 "¹⁹All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly * not cast out.

38 "For ²⁰I have come down from heaven, ²¹not to do My own will, but ²²the will of Him who ²³sent Me.

39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ²⁴all that He has given Me I ²⁵lose nothing, but ²⁶raise it up on the last day.

40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ²⁷beholds the Son and ²⁸believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ²⁹raise him up on the last day."

Words to the Jews

41 ³⁰Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that ³¹came down out of heaven."

42 They were saying, "³²Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ³³we know? How does He now say, '³⁴I have come down out of heaven '?"

43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

44 "No one can come to Me unless * the Father who sent Me ³⁵draws him; and I will ³⁶raise him up on the last day.

45 "It is written ³⁷in the prophets, '³⁸AND THEY SHALL ALL BE ³⁹TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 "⁴⁰Not 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 ⁴¹has eternal life.

48 "⁴²I am the bread of life.

49 "⁴³Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 "This is the bread which ⁴⁴comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ⁴⁵not die.

51 "⁴⁶I am the living bread that ⁴⁷came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ⁴⁸he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give ⁴⁹for the life of the world is ⁵⁰My flesh."

52 ⁵¹Then the Jews ⁵²began 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 ⁵³the 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 ⁵⁴raise 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 ⁵⁵abides in Me, and I in him.

57 "As the ⁵⁶living Father ⁵⁷sent 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 ⁵⁸came down out of heaven; not as ⁵⁹the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ⁶⁰will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ⁶¹in the synagogue as He taught ⁶²in Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ⁶³disciples, when they heard this said, "⁶⁴This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ⁶⁵conscious * * that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this ⁶⁶cause you to stumble?

62 "What then if you see ⁶⁷the Son of Man ⁶⁸ascending to where He was before?

63 "⁶⁹It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ⁷⁰the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 "But there are ⁷¹some of you who do not believe." For Jesus ⁷²knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ⁷³who it was that would betray Him.

65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have ⁷⁴said to you, that no one can come to Me unless * ⁷⁵it has been granted him from the Father."

Peter's Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His ⁷⁶disciples ⁷⁷withdrew * and were not walking with Him anymore.

67 So Jesus said to ⁷⁸the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"

68 ⁷⁹Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ⁸⁰words of eternal life.

69 "We have believed and have come to know that You are ⁸¹the Holy One of God."

70 Jesus answered them, "⁸²Did I Myself not choose you, ⁸³the twelve, and yet one of you is ⁸⁴a devil?"

71 Now He meant Judas ⁸⁵the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, ⁸⁶one of ⁸⁷the twelve, was going to betray Him.

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Cross References 87

1. Matthew 23:7
2. John 6:24
3. John 6:2, 14, 30
4. Isaiah 55:2
5. John 3:15; John 4:14; John 6:40, 47, 54; John 10:28; John 17:2
6. Matthew 8:20; John 6:53, 62
7. John 3:33
8. 1 Thessalonians 1:3; James 2:22; 1 John 3:23; Revelation 2:26
9. John 3:17
10. Matthew 12:38
11. John 6:2, 14, 26
12. Ex 16:4, 15, 21; Numbers 11:8; John 6:49, 58
13. Psalms 78:24; Exodus 16:4, 15; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalms 105:40
14. John 6:41, 50
15. John 4:15
16. John 6:48, 51
17. John 4:14
18. John 6:26
19. John 6:39; John 17:2, 24
20. John 3:13
21. Matthew 26:39
22. John 4:34; John 5:30
23. John 6:29
24. John 6:37; John 17:2, 24
25. John 17:12; John 18:9
26. Matthew 10:15; John 6:40, 44, 54; John 11:24
27. John 12:45; John 14:17, 19
28. John 3:16
29. Matthew 10:15; John 6:39, 44, 54; John 11:24
30. John 1:19; John 6:52
31. John 6:33, 51, 58
32. Luke 4:22
33. John 7:27
34. John 6:38, 62
35. Jeremiah 31:3; Hosea 11:4; John 6:65; John 12:32
36. John 6:39
37. Acts 7:42; Acts 13:40; Hebrews 8:11
38. Isaiah 54:13; Jeremiah 31:34
39. Philippians 3:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 John 2:27
40. John 1:18
41. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:51, 58; John 11:26
42. John 6:35, 51
43. John 6:31, 58
44. John 6:33
45. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51, 58; John 11:26
46. John 6:35, 48
47. John 6:41, 58
48. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 58; John 11:26
49. John 1:29; John 3:14; Hebrews 10:10; 1 John 4:10
50. John 6:53-56
51. John 1:19; John 6:41
52. John 9:16; John 10:19
53. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 62
54. John 6:39
55. John 15:4; John 17:23; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:15
56. Matthew 16:16; John 5:26
57. John 3:17; John 6:29, 38
58. John 6:33, 41, 51
59. John 6:31, 49
60. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51; John 11:26
61. Matthew 4:23
62. John 6:24
63. John 2:2; John 6:66; John 7:3
64. John 6:52
65. John 6:64
66. Matthew 11:6
67. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 53
68. Mark 16:19; John 3:13
69. 2 Corinthians 3:6
70. John 6:68
71. John 6:60, 66
72. John 2:25
73. Matthew 10:4; John 6:71; John 13:11
74. John 6:37, 44
75. Matthew 13:11; John 3:27
76. John 2:2; John 7:3
77. John 6:60, 64
78. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:70; John 20:24
79. Matthew 16:16
80. John 6:63; John 12:49; John 17:8
81. Mark 1:24; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20
82. John 15:16, 19
83. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:71; John 20:24
84. John 8:44; John 13:2, 27; John 17:12
85. John 12:4; John 13:2, 26
86. Mark 14:10
87. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:70; John 20:24

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "He who comes"
[b]. Or "hand Him over"
[c]. Or "was intending to"