John 6:15-71

Jesus Walks on the Water

15 So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force ¹to make Him king, ²withdrew again to ³the mountain by Himself alone.

16 Now when evening came, His ⁴disciples went down to the sea,

17 and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea ⁵to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

18 The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

19 Then, when they had rowed about three * or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

20 But He said to them, "It is I; ⁶do not be afraid."

21 So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

22 The next day ⁷the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus ⁸had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

23 There came other small boats from ⁹Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ¹⁰Lord ¹¹had given thanks.

24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and ¹²came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

25 When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "¹³Rabbi, when did You get here?"

Words to the People

26 Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you ¹⁴seek Me, not because you saw ¹⁵signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

27 "Do not ¹⁶work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to ¹⁷eternal life, which ¹⁸the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, ¹⁹has 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 ²⁰the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ²¹has sent."

30 So they said to Him, "²²What then do You do for a ²³sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

31 "²⁴Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, '²⁵HE 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 ²⁶comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

34 Then they said to Him, "Lord, always ²⁷give us this bread."

35 Jesus said to them, "²⁸I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me ²⁹will never * thirst.

36 "But ³⁰I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

37 "³¹All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly * not cast out.

38 "For ³²I have come down from heaven, ³³not to do My own will, but ³⁴the will of Him who ³⁵sent Me.

39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ³⁶all that He has given Me I ³⁷lose nothing, but ³⁸raise it up on the last day.

40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ³⁹beholds the Son and ⁴⁰believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ⁴¹raise him up on the last day."

Words to the Jews

41 ⁴²Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that ⁴³came down out of heaven."

42 They were saying, "⁴⁴Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ⁴⁵we know? How does He now say, '⁴⁶I 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 ⁴⁷draws him; and I will ⁴⁸raise him up on the last day.

45 "It is written ⁴⁹in the prophets, '⁵⁰AND THEY SHALL ALL BE ⁵¹TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 "⁵²Not 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 ⁵³has eternal life.

48 "⁵⁴I am the bread of life.

49 "⁵⁵Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 "This is the bread which ⁵⁶comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ⁵⁷not die.

51 "⁵⁸I am the living bread that ⁵⁹came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ⁶⁰he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give ⁶¹for the life of the world is ⁶²My flesh."

52 ⁶³Then the Jews ⁶⁴began 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 ⁶⁵the 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 ⁶⁶raise 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 ⁶⁷abides in Me, and I in him.

57 "As the ⁶⁸living Father ⁶⁹sent 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 ⁷⁰came down out of heaven; not as ⁷¹the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ⁷²will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ⁷³in the synagogue as He taught ⁷⁴in Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ⁷⁵disciples, when they heard this said, "⁷⁶This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ⁷⁷conscious * * that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this ⁷⁸cause you to stumble?

62 "What then if you see ⁷⁹the Son of Man ⁸⁰ascending to where He was before?

63 "⁸¹It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ⁸²the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 "But there are ⁸³some of you who do not believe." For Jesus ⁸⁴knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ⁸⁵who it was that would betray Him.

65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have ⁸⁶said to you, that no one can come to Me unless * ⁸⁷it has been granted him from the Father."

Peter's Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His ⁸⁸disciples ⁸⁹withdrew * and were not walking with Him anymore.

67 So Jesus said to ⁹⁰the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"

68 ⁹¹Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ⁹²words of eternal life.

69 "We have believed and have come to know that You are ⁹³the Holy One of God."

70 Jesus answered them, "⁹⁴Did I Myself not choose you, ⁹⁵the twelve, and yet one of you is ⁹⁶a devil?"

71 Now He meant Judas ⁹⁷the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, ⁹⁸one of ⁹⁹the twelve, was going to betray Him.

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Cross References 99

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

Footnotes 6

[a]. Or "about"
[b]. Lit "25 or 30 stadia"
[c]. Or "stop being afraid"
[d]. Or "He who comes"
[e]. Or "hand Him over"
[f]. Or "was intending to"