John 6:23-33

23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord ¹had given thanks.

24 ²So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and ³went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, ⁴"Rabbi, when did you come here?"

26 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁵you are seeking me, not because you saw ⁶signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

27 ⁷Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for ⁸the food that endures to eternal life, which ⁹the Son of Man will give to you. For on ¹⁰him God the Father has ¹¹set his seal."

28 Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing ¹²the works of God?"

29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, ¹³that you believe in him whom ¹⁴he has sent."

30 So they said to him, ¹⁵"Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?

31 ¹⁶Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ¹⁷'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.

33 For the bread of God is ¹⁸he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Cross References

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