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给五千人吃饱

这事以后,耶稣渡过加利利海,就是提比哩亚海。 有许多人因为看见他在病人身上所行的神迹,就跟随他。 耶稣上了山,和门徒一同坐在那里。 那时犹太人的逾越节近了。 耶稣举目看见许多人来,就对腓力说:“我们从哪里买饼叫这些人吃呢?” 他说这话是要试验腓力,他自己原知道要怎样行。 腓力回答说:“就是二十两银子的饼,叫他们各人吃一点也是不够的。” 有一个门徒,就是西门彼得的兄弟安得烈,对耶稣说: “在这里有一个孩童,带着五个大麦饼、两条鱼,只是分给这许多人还算什么呢?” 10 耶稣说:“你们叫众人坐下。”原来那地方的草多。众人就坐下,数目约有五千。 11 耶稣拿起饼来,祝谢了,就分给那坐着的人,分鱼也是这样,都随着他们所要的。 12 他们吃饱了,耶稣对门徒说:“把剩下的零碎收拾起来,免得有糟蹋的。” 13 他们便将那五个大麦饼的零碎,就是众人吃了剩下的,收拾起来,装满了十二个篮子。 14 众人看见耶稣所行的神迹,就说:“这真是那要到世间来的先知!”

15 耶稣既知道众人要来强逼他做王,就独自又退到山上去了。

耶稣履海

16 到了晚上,他的门徒下海边去, 17 上了船,要过海往迦百农去。天已经黑了,耶稣还没有来到他们那里。 18 忽然狂风大作,海就翻腾起来。 19 门徒摇橹约行了十里多路,看见耶稣在海面上走,渐渐近了船,他们就害怕。 20 耶稣对他们说:“是我,不要怕!” 21 门徒就喜欢接他上船,船立时到了他们所要去的地方。

22 第二日,站在海那边的众人知道那里没有别的船,只有一只小船,又知道耶稣没有同他的门徒上船,乃是门徒自己去的。 23 然而有几只小船从提比哩亚来,靠近主祝谢后分饼给人吃的地方。

当为永生的食物劳力

24 众人见耶稣和门徒都不在那里,就上了船,往迦百农去找耶稣。 25 既在海那边找着了,就对他说:“拉比,是几时到这里来的?” 26 耶稣回答说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:你们找我,并不是因见了神迹,乃是因吃饼得饱。 27 不要为那必坏的食物劳力,要为那存到永生的食物劳力,就是人子要赐给你们的,因为人子是父神所印证的。” 28 众人问他说:“我们当行什么,才算做神的工呢?” 29 耶稣回答说:“信神所差来的,这就是做神的工。” 30 他们又说:“你行什么神迹,叫我们看见就信你?你到底做什么事呢? 31 我们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪,如经上写着说:‘他从天上赐下粮来给他们吃。’” 32 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:那从天上来的粮不是摩西赐给你们的,乃是我父将天上来的真粮赐给你们。 33 因为神的粮就是那从天上降下来赐生命给世界的。”

耶稣为生命的粮

34 他们说:“主啊,常将这粮赐给我们!” 35 耶稣说:“我就是生命的粮。到我这里来的,必定不饿;信我的,永远不渴。 36 只是我对你们说过,你们已经看见我,还是不信。 37 凡父所赐给我的人,必到我这里来;到我这里来的,我总不丢弃他。 38 因为我从天上降下来,不是要按自己的意思行,乃是要按那差我来者的意思行。 39 差我来者的意思就是:他所赐给我的,叫我一个也不失落,在末日却叫他复活。 40 因为我父的意思是叫一切见子而信的人得永生,并且在末日我要叫他复活。”

犹太人议论主

41 犹太人因为耶稣说“我是从天上降下来的粮”,就私下议论他, 42 说:“这不是约瑟的儿子耶稣吗?他的父母我们岂不认得吗?他如今怎么说‘我是从天上降下来的’呢?” 43 耶稣回答说:“你们不要大家议论。 44 若不是差我来的父吸引人,就没有能到我这里来的;到我这里来的,在末日我要叫他复活。 45 在先知书上写着说:‘他们都要蒙神的教训。’凡听见父之教训又学习的,就到我这里来。 46 这不是说有人看见过父,唯独从神来的,他看见过父。 47 我实实在在地告诉你们:信的人有永生。 48 我就是生命的粮。 49 你们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪,还是死了; 50 这是从天上降下来的粮,叫人吃了就不死。 51 我是从天上降下来生命的粮,人若吃这粮,就必永远活着。我所要赐的粮就是我的肉,为世人之生命所赐的。”

52 因此,犹太人彼此争论说:“这个人怎能把他的肉给我们吃呢?” 53 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:你们若不吃人子的肉,不喝人子的血,就没有生命在你们里面。 54 吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生,在末日我要叫他复活。 55 我的肉真是可吃的,我的血真是可喝的。 56 吃我肉、喝我血的人常在我里面,我也常在他里面。 57 永活的父怎样差我来,我又因父活着,照样,吃我肉的人也要因我活着。 58 这就是从天上降下来的粮。吃这粮的人就永远活着,不像你们的祖宗吃过吗哪还是死了。” 59 这些话是耶稣在迦百农会堂里教训人说的。

主的话是灵是生命

60 他的门徒中有好些人听见了,就说:“这话甚难,谁能听呢?” 61 耶稣心里知道门徒为这话议论,就对他们说:“这话是叫你们厌弃[a]吗? 62 倘或你们看见人子升到他原来所在之处,怎么样呢? 63 叫人活着的乃是灵,肉体是无益的。我对你们所说的话就是灵,就是生命。 64 只是你们中间有不信的人。”耶稣从起头就知道谁不信他,谁要卖他。 65 耶稣又说:“所以我对你们说过,若不是蒙我父的恩赐,没有人能到我这里来。”

彼得认耶稣为神的圣者

66 从此,他门徒中多有退去的,不再和他同行。 67 耶稣就对那十二个门徒说:“你们也要去吗?” 68 西门彼得回答说:“主啊,你有永生之道,我们还归从谁呢? 69 我们已经信了,又知道你是神的圣者。” 70 耶稣说:“我不是拣选了你们十二个门徒吗?但你们中间有一个是魔鬼。” 71 耶稣这话是指着加略西门的儿子犹大说的,他本是十二个门徒里的一个,后来要卖耶稣的。

Footnotes

  1. 约翰福音 6:61 “厌弃”原文作“跌倒”。

Bread and Fish for All

1-4 After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews.

5-6 When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread to feed these people?” He said this to stretch Philip’s faith. He already knew what he was going to do.

Philip answered, “Two hundred silver pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece.”

8-9 One of the disciples—it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peter—said, “There’s a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that’s a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this.”

10-11 Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them. Then Jesus took the bread and, having given thanks, gave it to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All ate as much as they wanted.

12-13 When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted.” They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves.

14-15 The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had just done. They said, “This is the Prophet for sure, God’s Prophet right here in Galilee!” Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself.

16-21 In the evening his disciples went down to the sea, got in the boat, and headed back across the water to Capernaum. It had grown quite dark and Jesus had not yet returned. A huge wind blew up, churning the sea. They were maybe three or four miles out when they saw Jesus walking on the sea, quite near the boat. They were scared senseless, but he reassured them, “It’s me. It’s all right. Don’t be afraid.” So they took him on board. In no time they reached land—the exact spot they were headed to.

22-24 The next day the crowd that was left behind realized that there had been only one boat, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with his disciples. They had seen them go off without him. By now boats from Tiberias had pulled up near where they had eaten the bread blessed by the Master. So when the crowd realized he was gone and wasn’t coming back, they piled into the Tiberias boats and headed for Capernaum, looking for Jesus.

25 When they found him back across the sea, they said, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “You’ve come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs—and for free.

The Bread of Life

27 “Don’t waste your energy striving for perishable food like that. Work for the food that sticks with you, food that nourishes your lasting life, food the Son of Man provides. He and what he does are guaranteed by God the Father to last.”

28 To that they said, “Well, what do we do then to get in on God’s works?”

29 Jesus said, “Sign on with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God’s works.”

30-31 They waffled: “Why don’t you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what’s going on? When we see what’s up, we’ll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do. Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

32-33 Jesus responded, “The real significance of that Scripture is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread. The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world.”

34 They jumped at that: “Master, give us this bread, now and forever!”

35-38 Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don’t really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don’t let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own agenda but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me.

39-40 “This, in a nutshell, is that will: that everything handed over to me by the Father be completed—not a single detail missed—and at the wrap-up of time I have everything and everyone put together, upright and whole. This is what my Father wants: that anyone who sees the Son and trusts who he is and what he does and then aligns with him will enter real life, eternal life. My part is to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time.”

41-42 At this, because he said, “I am the Bread that came down from heaven,” the Jews started arguing over him: “Isn’t this the son of Joseph? Don’t we know his father? Don’t we know his mother? How can he now say, ‘I came down out of heaven’ and expect anyone to believe him?”

43-46 Jesus said, “Don’t bicker among yourselves over me. You’re not in charge here. The Father who sent me is in charge. He draws people to me—that’s the only way you’ll ever come. Only then do I do my work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for the End. This is what the prophets meant when they wrote, ‘And then they will all be personally taught by God.’ Anyone who has spent any time at all listening to the Father, really listening and therefore learning, comes to me to be taught personally—to see it with his own eyes, hear it with his own ears, from me, since I have it firsthand from the Father. No one has seen the Father except the One who has his Being alongside the Father—and you can see me.

47-51 “I’m telling you the most solemn and sober truth now: Whoever believes in me has real life, eternal life. I am the Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate the manna bread in the desert and died. But now here is Bread that truly comes down out of heaven. Anyone eating this Bread will not die, ever. I am the Bread—living Bread!—who came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats this Bread will live—and forever! The Bread that I present to the world so that it can eat and live is myself, this flesh-and-blood self.”

52 At this, the Jews started fighting among themselves: “How can this man serve up his flesh for a meal?”

53-58 But Jesus didn’t give an inch. “Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you. The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day. My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you. In the same way that the fully alive Father sent me here and I live because of him, so the one who makes a meal of me lives because of me. This is the Bread from heaven. Your ancestors ate bread and later died. Whoever eats this Bread will live always.”

59 He said these things while teaching in the meeting place in Capernaum.

Too Tough to Swallow

60 Many among his disciples heard this and said, “This is tough teaching, too tough to swallow.”

61-65 Jesus sensed that his disciples were having a hard time with this and said, “Does this rattle you completely? What would happen if you saw the Son of Man ascending to where he came from? The Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don’t make anything happen. Every word I’ve spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is life-making. But some of you are resisting, refusing to have any part in this.” (Jesus knew from the start that some weren’t going to risk themselves with him. He knew also who would betray him.) He went on to say, “This is why I told you earlier that no one is capable of coming to me on his own. You get to me only as a gift from the Father.”

66-67 After this, many of his disciples left. They no longer wanted to be associated with him. Then Jesus gave the Twelve their chance: “Do you also want to leave?”

68-69 Peter replied, “Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life. We’ve already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God.”

70-71 Jesus responded, “Haven’t I handpicked you, the Twelve? Still, one of you is a devil!” He was referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. This man—one from the Twelve!—was even then getting ready to betray him.

給五千人吃飽的神蹟(A)

這些事以後,耶穌渡過加利利海,就是提比里亞海。 有一大群人,因為看見了他在病人身上所行的神蹟,就跟隨了他。 耶穌上了山,同門徒坐在那裡。 那時猶太人的逾越節近了。 耶穌舉目觀看,見一大群人向他走過來,就對腓力說:“我們從哪裡買餅給這些人吃呢?” 他說這話,是要試驗腓力,因他自己早已知道要怎樣作。 腓力回答:“就算二百銀幣買的餅,每人分一點,也是不夠的。” 有一個門徒,就是西門.彼得的弟弟安得烈,對耶穌說: “這裡有個小孩子,帶著五個大麥餅、兩條魚;只是分給這麼多人,有甚麼用呢?” 10 耶穌吩咐他們:“你們叫眾人坐下。”原來那地方的草很多,眾人就坐下,單是男人的數目約有五千。 11 耶穌拿起餅來,祝謝了,就分給坐著的人;分魚也是這樣,都是隨著他們所要的。 12 他們吃飽了之後,耶穌對門徒說:“把剩下的零碎收拾起來,免得浪費。” 13 門徒就把眾人吃剩那五個大麥餅的零碎收拾起來,裝滿了十二個籃子。 14 眾人看見耶穌所行的神蹟,就說:“這真是那要到世上來的先知。” 15 耶穌知道群眾要來強迫他作王,就獨自又退到山上去了。

耶穌在海面上行走(B)

16 到了晚上,他的門徒下到海邊去。 17 他們上了船,要渡海往迦百農去。那時天已經黑了,耶穌還沒有到他們那裡。 18 忽然海上起了狂風,波浪翻騰。 19 門徒搖櫓約行了五六公里,看見耶穌在海面上行走,漸漸靠近船,就害怕起來。 20 耶穌對他們說:“是我,不要怕。” 21 他們這才把他接上船,船就立刻到了他們要去的地方。

耶穌是生命的食物

22 第二天,站在海那邊的群眾,看見只有一隻小船留在那裡,並且知道耶穌沒有和他的門徒一同上船,門徒是自己去的; 23 不過有幾隻從提比里亞來的船停在那裡,靠近他們在主祝謝以後吃餅的地方。 24 群眾見耶穌和門徒都不在那裡,就上船往迦百農去找耶穌。 25 他們在對岸找到了耶穌,就問他:“拉比,你幾時到這裡來的?” 26 耶穌回答:“我實實在在告訴你們,你們找我,不是因為看見了神蹟,而是因為吃了餅又吃飽了。 27 不要為那必朽壞的食物操勞,卻要為那存到永生的食物操勞,就是人子所要賜給你們的,因為人子是父 神所印證的。” 28 眾人又問他:“我們應該作甚麼,才算是作 神的工作呢?” 29 耶穌回答:“信 神所差來的,就是作 神的工了。” 30 於是他們就說:“你要行甚麼神蹟,讓我們看了就信你呢?你到底能作甚麼呢? 31 我們的祖宗在曠野吃過嗎哪,正如經上所記:‘他把從天上來的食物賜給他們吃。’” 32 耶穌對他們說:“我實實在在告訴你們,不是摩西把那從天上來的食物賜給你們,而是我父把天上來的真食物賜給你們; 33 因為 神的食物就是從天上降下來,把生命賜給世人的那一位。”

34 他們對耶穌說:“主啊,求你常把這食物賜給我們。” 35 耶穌說:“我就是生命的食物,到我這裡來的,必定不餓;信我的,永遠不渴。 36 但我告訴你們,你們雖然見了我,還是不信。 37 凡是父賜給我的人,必到我這裡來;到我這裡來的,我決不丟棄他, 38 因為我從天上降下來,不是要行自己的意思,而是要行那差我來者的旨意。 39 那差我來者的旨意就是:他所賜給我的人,我連一個也不失落,並且在末日我要使他們復活。 40 因為我父的旨意,是要使所有看見了子而信的人有永生,並且在末日我要使他們復活。”

41 猶太人因為耶穌說“我是從天上降下來的食物”,就紛紛議論他。 42 他們說:“這不是約瑟的兒子耶穌嗎?他的父母我們不都認識嗎?他現在怎麼說‘我是從天上降下來的’呢?” 43 耶穌回答:“你們不要彼此議論。 44 如果不是差我來的父吸引人,就沒有人能到我這裡來;到我這裡來的,在末日我要使他復活。 45 先知書上記著:‘眾人都必受 神的教導。’凡聽見從父那裡來的教訓而又學習的,必到我這裡來。 46 這不是說有人見過父;只有從 神那裡來的那一位,他才見過父。 47 我實實在在告訴你們,信的人有永生。 48 我就是生命的食物, 49 你們的祖宗在曠野吃過嗎哪,還是死了。 50 這是從天上降下來的食物,使人吃了就不死。 51 我就是從天上降下來生命的食物,人若吃了這食物,就必活到永遠。我要賜的食物就是我的肉,是為了世人的生命而賜的。”

52 於是,猶太人彼此爭論,說:“這個人怎能把他的肉給我們吃呢?” 53 耶穌就對他們說:“我實實在在告訴你們,你們若不吃人子的肉,不喝人子的血,就沒有生命在你們裡面。 54 吃我肉、喝我血的,就有永生,在末日我要使他復活; 55 因為我的肉是真正的食物,我的血是真正的飲料。 56 吃我肉、喝我血的人,就住在我裡面,我也住在他裡面。 57 正如永活的父差遣了我,我也因父活著;照樣,吃我肉的人也必因我而活。 58 這就是從天上降下來的食物,不像嗎哪,你們的祖宗吃過,還是死了;吃這食物的,必活到永遠。” 59 這些話是耶穌在迦百農會堂裡教導人的時候說的。

永生之道

60 他的門徒中,有許多人聽了,就說:“這話很難,誰能接受呢?” 61 耶穌心裡知道門徒為了這事議論紛紛,就對他們說:“這話使你們動搖嗎? 62 如果你們看見人子升到他原來所在的地方,又怎樣呢? 63 使人活的是靈,肉體是無濟於事的。我對你們所說的話是靈、是生命。 64 然而你們中間卻有不信的人。”原來從起初耶穌就知道那些不信的是誰,那要把他出賣的又是誰。 65 耶穌跟著說:“所以我對你們說過,如果不是父所賜的,沒有人能到我這裡來。”

66 從此,他的門徒中有許多人退去了,不再與他同行。 67 於是耶穌對十二門徒說:“你們也想離去嗎?” 68 西門.彼得回答:“主啊,你有永生之道,我們還跟從誰呢? 69 我們已經相信,並且知道你是 神的聖者。” 70 耶穌說:“我不是揀選了你們十二個人嗎?但你們中間有一個是魔鬼。” 71 耶穌這話是指著加略人西門的兒子猶大說的,因為他雖然是十二門徒之一,卻要出賣耶穌。

Derefter drog Jesus bort til hin side av den Galileiske Sjø, Tiberias-sjøen;

og meget folk fulgte ham, fordi de så de tegn han gjorde på de syke.

Men Jesus gikk op i fjellet, og han satte sig der med sine disipler.

Og påsken, jødenes høitid, var nær.

Da nu Jesus løftet sine øine og så at meget folk kom til ham, sa han til Filip: Hvor skal vi kjøpe brød, så disse kan få mat?

Men dette sa han for å prøve ham; for han visste selv hvad han vilde gjøre.

Filip svarte ham: Brød for to hundre penninger er ikke nok for dem så hver av dem kan få et lite stykke.

En av hans disipler, Andreas, Simon Peters bror, sier til ham:

Her er en liten gutt som har fem byggbrød og to småfisker; men hvad er det til så mange?

10 Jesus sa: La folket sette sig ned! Det var meget gress på stedet, og mennene satte sig da ned, omkring fem tusen i tallet.

11 Da tok Jesus brødene og takket, og delte dem ut til dem som satt der, likeledes av småfiskene, så meget de vilde ha.

12 Men da de var blitt mette, sier han til sine disipler: Sank sammen stykkene som er blitt tilovers, forat ikke noget skal spilles!

13 Da sanket de sammen, og de fylte tolv kurver med stykker av de fem byggbrød, som var blitt tilovers efter dem som hadde ett.

14 Da nu folket så det tegn han gjorde, sa de: Dette er i sannhet profeten som skal komme til verden.

15 Da nu Jesus skjønte at de vilde komme og ta ham med makt for å gjøre ham til konge, gikk han fra dem og op i fjellet igjen, han selv alene.

16 Men da det blev aften, gikk hans disipler ned til sjøen,

17 og de gikk i en båt og fór over til hin side av sjøen, til Kapernaum. Og det var allerede blitt mørkt, og Jesus var enda ikke kommet til dem.

18 Og sjøen gikk høit, for det blåste en sterk vind.

19 Da de nu hadde rodd en fem og tyve eller tretti stadier, ser de Jesus gå på sjøen og komme nær til båten, og de blev redde.

20 Men han sa til dem: Det er mig, frykt ikke!

21 Nu vilde de ta ham op i båten, og straks kom båten til landet som de fór til.

22 Den næste dag så folket som stod på hin side av sjøen, at det ikke var nogen annen båt der, og visste at det bare hadde vært én, og at Jesus ikke var gått i båten sammen med sine disipler, men at hans disipler hadde faret bort alene.

23 Imens kom det andre båter fra Tiberias nær til det sted hvor de hadde fått mat efter Herrens takkebønn.

24 Da nu folket så at Jesus ikke var der, og heller ikke hans disipler, gikk de i båtene, og kom til Kapernaum og søkte efter Jesus.

25 Og da de fant ham på hin side av sjøen, sa de til ham: Rabbi! når er du kommet hit?

26 Jesus svarte dem og sa: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: I søker mig, ikke fordi I så tegn, men fordi I åt av brødene og blev mette.

27 Arbeid ikke for den mat som forgår, men for den mat som varer ved til evig liv, den som Menneskesønnen skal gi eder! for på ham har hans Fader, Gud, satt sitt innsegl.

28 De sa da til ham: Hvad skal vi gjøre for å gjøre Guds gjerninger?

29 Jesus svarte og sa til dem: Dette er Guds gjerning at I skal tro på den han har utsendt.

30 De sa da til ham: Hvad tegn gjør da du, så vi kan se det og tro dig? hvad gjerning gjør du?

31 Våre fedre åt manna i ørkenen, som skrevet står: Han gav dem brød fra himmelen å ete.

32 Jesus sa til dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Moses har ikke gitt eder brødet fra himmelen, men min Fader gir eder det sanne brød fra himmelen;

33 for Guds brød er det som kommer ned fra himmelen og gir verden liv.

34 De sa da til ham: Herre, gi oss alltid dette brød!

35 Jesus sa til dem: Jeg er livsens brød; den som kommer til mig, skal ikke hungre, og den som tror på mig, skal aldri nogensinne tørste.

36 Men jeg har sagt eder at I har sett mig og tror dog ikke.

37 Alle de som Faderen gir mig, kommer til mig, og den som kommer til mig, vil jeg ingenlunde støte ut;

38 for jeg er kommet ned fra himmelen, ikke for å gjøre min vilje, men for å gjøre hans vilje som har sendt mig,

39 og dette er hans vilje som har sendt mig, at jeg ikke skal miste noget av alt det han har gitt mig, men opreise det på den ytterste dag.

40 For dette er min Faders vilje at hver den som ser Sønnen og tror på ham, skal ha evig liv, og at jeg skal opreise ham på den ytterste dag.

41 Da knurret jødene over ham fordi han sa: Jeg er det brød som er kommet ned fra himmelen,

42 og de sa: Er ikke dette Jesus, Josefs sønn, hvis far og mor vi kjenner? Hvorledes kan han nu si: Jeg er kommet ned fra himmelen?

43 Jesus svarte og sa til dem: Knurr ikke eder imellem!

44 Ingen kan komme til mig uten at Faderen, som har sendt mig, drager ham, og jeg skal opreise ham på den ytterste dag.

45 Det står skrevet i profetene: Og de skal alle være lært av Gud. Hver den som hører av Faderen og lærer, han kommer til mig.

46 Ikke så at nogen har sett Faderen; bare han som er fra Gud, han har sett Faderen.

47 Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Den som tror, har evig liv.

48 Jeg er livsens brød.

49 Eders fedre åt manna i ørkenen og døde;

50 dette er det brød som kommer ned fra himmelen, forat en skal ete av det og ikke dø.

51 Jeg er det levende brød, som er kommet ned fra himmelen; om nogen eter av dette brød, skal han leve evindelig; og det brød jeg vil gi, er mitt kjød, som jeg vil gi for verdens liv.

52 Jødene trettet da med hverandre og sa: Hvorledes kan han gi oss sitt kjød å ete?

53 Jesus sa da til dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Dersom I ikke eter Menneskesønnens kjød og drikker hans blod, har I ikke liv i eder.

54 Den som eter mitt kjød og drikker mitt blod, har evig liv, og jeg skal opreise ham på den ytterste dag;

55 for mitt kjød er i sannhet mat, og mitt blod er i sannhet drikke.

56 Den som eter mitt kjød og drikker mitt blod, han blir i mig og jeg i ham.

57 Likesom den levende Fader har utsendt mig, og jeg lever ved Faderen, således skal også den som eter mig, leve ved mig.

58 Dette er det brød som er kommet ned fra himmelen; ikke således som fedrene åt og døde; den som eter dette brød, skal leve evindelig.

59 Dette sa han mens han lærte i en synagoge i Kapernaum.

60 Mange av hans disipler sa nu, da de hørte det: Dette er en hård tale; hvem kan høre den?

61 Men da Jesus visste med sig selv at hans disipler knurret over dette, sa han til dem: Volder dette eder anstøt?

62 Enn når I får se Menneskesønnen fare op dit hvor han var før?

63 Det er Ånden som gjør levende, kjødet gagner intet; de ord som jeg har talt til eder, er ånd og er liv.

64 Men det er nogen av eder som ikke tror. For Jesus visste fra først av hvem det var som ikke trodde, og hvem det var som skulde forråde ham.

65 Og han sa: Det var derfor jeg sa eder at ingen kan komme til mig uten at det er gitt ham av Faderen.

66 Derfor drog mange av hans disipler sig tilbake og gikk ikke lenger omkring med ham.

67 Jesus sa da til de tolv: Vil også I gå bort?

68 Simon Peter svarte ham: Herre! hvem skal vi gå til? Du har det evige livs ord,

69 og vi tror og vet at du er Guds hellige.

70 Jesus svarte dem: Har ikke jeg utvalgt eder tolv? Og én av eder er en djevel.

71 Men han talte om Judas, Simon Iskariots sønn; for det var han som skulde forråde ham, enda han var en av de tolv.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(A)

Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs(B) he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside(C) and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival(D) was near.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,(E) “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(F) spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”(G)

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). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,(H) and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

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.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14 After the people saw the sign(I) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”(J) 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king(K) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.(L)

Jesus Walks on the Water(M)

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 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. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,[b] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;(N) and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”(O) 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake(P) 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.(Q) 23 Then some boats from Tiberias(R) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.(S) 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.

Jesus the Bread of Life

25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi,(T) when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(U) not because you saw the signs(V) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures(W) to eternal life,(X) which the Son of Man(Y) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(Z) of approval.”

28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe(AA) in the one he has sent.”(AB)

30 So they asked him, “What sign(AC) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?(AD) What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna(AE) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[c](AF)

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. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven(AG) and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”(AH)

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(AI) the bread of life.(AJ) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(AK) in me will never be thirsty.(AL) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me(AM) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(AN) not to do my will but to do the will(AO) of him who sent me.(AP) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(AQ) but raise them up at the last day.(AR) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(AS) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(AT) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,(AU) whose father and mother we know?(AV) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(AW)

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,(AX) and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[d](AY) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;(AZ) only he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.(BA) 48 I am the bread of life.(BB) 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.(BC) 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,(BD) which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread(BE) that came down from heaven.(BF) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(BG)

52 Then the Jews(BH) began to argue sharply among themselves,(BI) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh(BJ) of the Son of Man(BK) and drink his blood,(BL) you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.(BM) 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.(BN) 57 Just as the living Father sent me(BO) and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 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.”(BP) 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60 On hearing it, many of his disciples(BQ) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”(BR)

61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?(BS) 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man(BT) ascend to where he was before!(BU) 63 The Spirit gives life;(BV) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[e] and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known(BW) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.(BX) 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.”(BY)

66 From this time many of his disciples(BZ) turned back and no longer followed him.

67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.(CA)

68 Simon Peter answered him,(CB) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.(CC) 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”(CD)

70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,(CE) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”(CF) 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,(CG) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)(CH)

Footnotes

  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii
  2. John 6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers
  3. John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
  4. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
  5. John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit