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.
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Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord
2had given thanks.
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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.
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When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,
5“Rabbi, when did you come here? ”
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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.
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8Do not work 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. ”
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Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing
13the works of God? ”
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Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God,
14that you believe in him whom
15he has sent. ”
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So they said to him,
16“Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
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17Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written,
18‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat. ’”
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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.
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For the bread of God is
19he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. ”
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They said to him,
20“Sir, give us this bread always. ”
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Jesus said to them,
21“I am the bread of life;
22whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
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But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
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23All that
24the Father gives me will come to me, and
25whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
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For
26I have come down from heaven, not to do
27my own will but
28the will of him
29who sent me.
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And
30this is the will of him who sent me,
31that I should lose nothing of
32all that he has given me, but
33raise it up on the last day.
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For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who
34looks on the Son and
35believes in him
36should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. ”