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The Lake also was getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.
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When, however, they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the water and coming near the boat.
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They were terrified; but He called to them. "It is I," He said, "do not be afraid."
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Then they were willing to take Him on board; and in a moment the boat reached the shore at the point to which they were going.
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Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.
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Yet a number of small boats came from Tiberias to the neighbourhood of the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
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When however the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves also took boats and came to Capernaum to look for Jesus.
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So when they had crossed the Lake and had found Him, they asked Him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
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"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that you are searching for me not because you have seen miracles, but because you ate the loaves and had a hearty meal.
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Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."
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"What are we to do," they asked, "in order to carry out the things that God requires?"