NIV 1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), NIV 1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), NIV 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. NIV 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. NIV 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. NIV 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. NIV 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near. NIV 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near. NIV 5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” NIV 5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” NIV 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. NIV 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. NIV 7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” NIV 7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” NIV 8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, NIV 8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, NIV 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” NIV 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” NIV 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). NIV 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). NIV 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. NIV 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. NIV 12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” NIV 12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” NIV 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. NIV 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. NIV 14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” NIV 14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” NIV 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself. NIV 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself. NIV 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, NIV 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, NIV 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. NIV 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. NIV 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. NIV 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. NIV 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. NIV 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. NIV 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” NIV 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” NIV 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading. NIV 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading. NIV 22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. NIV 22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. NIV 23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. NIV 23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. NIV 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. NIV 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. NIV 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” NIV 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” NIV 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. NIV 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. NIV 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” NIV 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” NIV 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” NIV 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” NIV 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” NIV 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” NIV 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? NIV 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? NIV 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” NIV 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” NIV 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. NIV 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. NIV 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” NIV 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” NIV 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” NIV 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” NIV 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. NIV 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. NIV 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. NIV 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. NIV 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. NIV 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. NIV 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. NIV 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. NIV 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. NIV 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. NIV 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” NIV 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” NIV 41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” NIV 41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” NIV 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” NIV 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” NIV 43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. NIV 43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. NIV 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. NIV 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. NIV 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. NIV 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. NIV 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. NIV 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. NIV 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. NIV 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. NIV 48 I am the bread of life. NIV 48 I am the bread of life. NIV 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. NIV 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. NIV 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. NIV 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. NIV 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” NIV 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” NIV 52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” NIV 52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” NIV 53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. NIV 53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. NIV 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. NIV 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. NIV 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. NIV 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. NIV 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. NIV 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. NIV 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. NIV 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. NIV 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” NIV 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” NIV 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. NIV 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. NIV 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” NIV 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” NIV 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? NIV 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? NIV 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! NIV 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! NIV 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. NIV 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. NIV 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. NIV 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. NIV 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.” NIV 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.” NIV 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. NIV 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. NIV 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. NIV 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. NIV 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. NIV 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. NIV 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” NIV 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” NIV 70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” NIV 70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” NIV 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.) NIV 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
NIV 1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), NIV 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. NIV 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. NIV 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near. NIV 5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” NIV 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. NIV 7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” NIV 8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, NIV 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” NIV 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). NIV 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. NIV 12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” NIV 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. NIV 14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” NIV 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself. NIV 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, NIV 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. NIV 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. NIV 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. NIV 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” NIV 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading. NIV 22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. NIV 23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. NIV 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. NIV 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” NIV 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. NIV 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” NIV 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” NIV 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” NIV 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? NIV 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” NIV 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. NIV 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” NIV 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” NIV 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. NIV 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. NIV 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. NIV 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. NIV 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. NIV 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” NIV 41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” NIV 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” NIV 43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. NIV 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. NIV 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. NIV 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. NIV 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. NIV 48 I am the bread of life. NIV 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. NIV 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. NIV 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” NIV 52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” NIV 53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. NIV 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. NIV 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. NIV 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. NIV 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. NIV 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” NIV 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. NIV 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” NIV 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? NIV 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! NIV 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. NIV 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. NIV 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.” NIV 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. NIV 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. NIV 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. NIV 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” NIV 70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” NIV 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)