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1 After this, Jesus went across Lake Galilee (or, Lake Tiberias, as it is also called).
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After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias.
2 A large crowd followed him, because they had seen his miracles of healing the sick.
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A great multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were sick.
3 Jesus went up a hill and sat down with his disciples.
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Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
4 The time for the Passover Festival was near.
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Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
5 Jesus looked around and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, so he asked Philip, "Where can we buy enough food to feed all these people?
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Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"
6 (He said this to test Philip; actually he already knew what he would do.)
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This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered, "For everyone to have even a little, it would take more than two hundred silver coins to buy enough bread."
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Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little."
8 Another one of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, said,
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One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
9 "There is a boy here who has five loaves of barley bread and two fish. But they will certainly not be enough for all these people."
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"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"
10 "Make the people sit down," Jesus told them. (There was a lot of grass there.) So all the people sat down; there were about five thousand men.
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Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 Jesus took the bread, gave thanks to God, and distributed it to the people who were sitting there. He did the same with the fish, and they all had as much as they wanted.
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Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
12 When they were all full, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces left over; let us not waste a bit."
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When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."
13 So they gathered them all and filled twelve baskets with the pieces left over from the five barley loaves which the people had eaten.
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So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.
14 Seeing this miracle that Jesus had performed, the people there said, "Surely this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!"
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When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
15 Jesus knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make him king by force; so he went off again to the hills by himself.
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Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain by himself.
16 When evening came, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake,
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When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
17 got into a boat, and went back across the lake toward Capernaum. Night came on, and Jesus still had not come to them.
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and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
18 By then a strong wind was blowing and stirring up the water.
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The sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 The disciples had rowed about three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the water, coming near the boat, and they were terrified.
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When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
20 "Don't be afraid," Jesus told them, "it is I!"
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But he said to them, "It is I. Don't be afraid."
21 Then they willingly took him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached land at the place they were heading for.
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They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
22 Next day the crowd which had stayed on the other side of the lake realized that there had been only one boat there. They knew that Jesus had not gone in it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.
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On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one which his disciples had entered, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples went away alone.
23 Other boats, which were from Tiberias, came to shore near the place where the crowd had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
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However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
24 When the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into those boats and went to Capernaum, looking for him.
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When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, neither his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 When the people found Jesus on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Teacher, when did you get here?"
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When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
26 Jesus answered, "I am telling you the truth: you are looking for me because you ate the bread and had all you wanted, not because you understood my miracles.
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Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him."
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Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For the Father, even God, has sealed him."
28 So they asked him, "What can we do in order to do what God wants us to do?"
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They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
29 Jesus answered, "What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent."
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Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
30 They replied, "What miracle will you perform so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
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They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
31 Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as the scripture says, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' "
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Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"
32 "I am telling you the truth," Jesus said. "What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven.
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Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
33 For the bread that God gives is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
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For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
34 "Sir," they asked him, "give us this bread always."
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They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
35 "I am the bread of life," Jesus told them. "Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty.
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Jesus said to them. "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
36 Now, I told you that you have seen me but will not believe.
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But I told you that you have seen me, and yet don't believe.
37 Everyone whom my Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me,
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All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
38 because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
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For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
39 And it is the will of him who sent me that I should not lose any of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them all to life on the last day.
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This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise them up at the last day.
40 For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."
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This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
41 The people started grumbling about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."
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The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."
42 So they said, "This man is Jesus son of Joseph, isn't he? We know his father and mother. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?"
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They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"
43 Jesus answered, "Stop grumbling among yourselves.
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Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves.
44 People cannot come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me; and I will raise them to life on the last day.
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No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
45 The prophets wrote, "Everyone will be taught by God.' Anyone who hears the Father and learns from him comes to me.
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It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
46 This does not mean that anyone has seen the Father; he who is from God is the only one who has seen the Father.
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Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
47 I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life.
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Most assuredly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
48 I am the bread of life.
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I am the bread of life.
49 Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50 But the bread that comes down from heaven is of such a kind that whoever eats it will not die.
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This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live."
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I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world."
52 This started an angry argument among them. "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they asked.
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The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
53 Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves.
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Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.
54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day.
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He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is the real food; my blood is the real drink.
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For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.
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He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
57 The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me.
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As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
58 This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever."
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This is the bread which came down out of heaven -- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."
59 Jesus said this as he taught in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 Many of his followers heard this and said, "This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?"
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Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can hear it?"
61 Without being told, Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this, so he said to them, "Does this make you want to give up?
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But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?
62 Suppose, then, that you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before?
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What if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
63 What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.
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It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
64 Yet some of you do not believe." (Jesus knew from the very beginning who were the ones that would not believe and which one would betray him.)
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But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.
65 And he added, "This is the very reason I told you that no people can come to me unless the Father makes it possible for them to do so."
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He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."
66 Because of this, many of Jesus' followers turned back and would not go with him any more.
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At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 So he asked the twelve disciples, "And you - would you also like to leave?"
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Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"
68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.
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Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69 And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God."
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We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
70 Jesus replied, "I chose the twelve of you, didn't I? Yet one of you is a devil!"
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Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
71 He was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For Judas, even though he was one of the twelve disciples, was going to betray him.
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Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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