约翰福音 6
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
给五千人吃饱的神迹(A)
6 这些事以后，耶稣渡过加利利海，就是提比里亚海。 2 有一大群人，因为看见了他在病人身上所行的神迹，就跟随了他。 3 耶稣上了山，同门徒坐在那里。 4 那时犹太人的逾越节近了。 5 耶稣举目观看，见一大群人向他走过来，就对腓力说：“我们从哪里买饼给这些人吃呢？” 6 他说这话，是要试验腓力，因他自己早已知道要怎样作。 7 腓力回答：“就算二百银币买的饼，每人分一点，也是不够的。” 8 有一个门徒，就是西门．彼得的弟弟安得烈，对耶稣说： 9 “这里有个小孩子，带着五个大麦饼、两条鱼；只是分给这么多人，有甚么用呢？” 10 耶稣吩咐他们：“你们叫众人坐下。”原来那地方的草很多，众人就坐下，单是男人的数目约有五千。 11 耶稣拿起饼来，祝谢了，就分给坐着的人；分鱼也是这样，都是随着他们所要的。 12 他们吃饱了之后，耶稣对门徒说：“把剩下的零碎收拾起来，免得浪费。” 13 门徒就把众人吃剩那五个大麦饼的零碎收拾起来，装满了十二个篮子。 14 众人看见耶稣所行的神迹，就说：“这真是那要到世上来的先知。” 15 耶稣知道群众要来强迫他作王，就独自又退到山上去了。
耶稣在海面上行走(B)
16 到了晚上，他的门徒下到海边去。 17 他们上了船，要渡海往迦百农去。那时天已经黑了，耶稣还没有到他们那里。 18 忽然海上起了狂风，波浪翻腾。 19 门徒摇橹约行了五六公里，看见耶稣在海面上行走，渐渐靠近船，就害怕起来。 20 耶稣对他们说：“是我，不要怕。” 21 他们这才把他接上船，船就立刻到了他们要去的地方。
耶稣是生命的食物
22 第二天，站在海那边的群众，看见只有一只小船留在那里，并且知道耶稣没有和他的门徒一同上船，门徒是自己去的； 23 不过有几只从提比里亚来的船停在那里，靠近他们在主祝谢以后吃饼的地方。 24 群众见耶稣和门徒都不在那里，就上船往迦百农去找耶稣。 25 他们在对岸找到了耶稣，就问他：“拉比，你几时到这里来的？” 26 耶稣回答：“我实实在在告诉你们，你们找我，不是因为看见了神迹，而是因为吃了饼又吃饱了。 27 不要为那必朽坏的食物操劳，却要为那存到永生的食物操劳，就是人子所要赐给你们的，因为人子是父 神所印证的。” 28 众人又问他：“我们应该作甚么，才算是作 神的工作呢？” 29 耶稣回答：“信 神所差来的，就是作 神的工了。” 30 于是他们就说：“你要行甚么神迹，让我们看了就信你呢？你到底能作甚么呢？ 31 我们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，正如经上所记：‘他把从天上来的食物赐给他们吃。’” 32 耶稣对他们说：“我实实在在告诉你们，不是摩西把那从天上来的食物赐给你们，而是我父把天上来的真食物赐给你们； 33 因为 神的食物就是从天上降下来，把生命赐给世人的那一位。”
34 他们对耶稣说：“主啊，求你常把这食物赐给我们。” 35 耶稣说：“我就是生命的食物，到我这里来的，必定不饿；信我的，永远不渴。 36 但我告诉你们，你们虽然见了我，还是不信。 37 凡是父赐给我的人，必到我这里来；到我这里来的，我决不丢弃他， 38 因为我从天上降下来，不是要行自己的意思，而是要行那差我来者的旨意。 39 那差我来者的旨意就是：他所赐给我的人，我连一个也不失落，并且在末日我要使他们复活。 40 因为我父的旨意，是要使所有看见了子而信的人有永生，并且在末日我要使他们复活。”
41 犹太人因为耶稣说“我是从天上降下来的食物”，就纷纷议论他。 42 他们说：“这不是约瑟的儿子耶稣吗？他的父母我们不都认识吗？他现在怎么说‘我是从天上降下来的’呢？” 43 耶稣回答：“你们不要彼此议论。 44 如果不是差我来的父吸引人，就没有人能到我这里来；到我这里来的，在末日我要使他复活。 45 先知书上记着：‘众人都必受 神的教导。’凡听见从父那里来的教训而又学习的，必到我这里来。 46 这不是说有人见过父；只有从 神那里来的那一位，他才见过父。 47 我实实在在告诉你们，信的人有永生。 48 我就是生命的食物， 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食物，使人吃了就不死。 51 我就是从天上降下来生命的食物，人若吃了这食物，就必活到永远。我要赐的食物就是我的肉，是为了世人的生命而赐的。”
52 于是，犹太人彼此争论，说：“这个人怎能把他的肉给我们吃呢？” 53 耶稣就对他们说：“我实实在在告诉你们，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，就有永生，在末日我要使他复活； 55 因为我的肉是真正的食物，我的血是真正的饮料。 56 吃我肉、喝我血的人，就住在我里面，我也住在他里面。 57 正如永活的父差遣了我，我也因父活着；照样，吃我肉的人也必因我而活。 58 这就是从天上降下来的食物，不像吗哪，你们的祖宗吃过，还是死了；吃这食物的，必活到永远。” 59 这些话是耶稣在迦百农会堂里教导人的时候说的。
永生之道
60 他的门徒中，有许多人听了，就说：“这话很难，谁能接受呢？” 61 耶稣心里知道门徒为了这事议论纷纷，就对他们说：“这话使你们动摇吗？ 62 如果你们看见人子升到他原来所在的地方，又怎样呢？ 63 使人活的是灵，肉体是无济于事的。我对你们所说的话是灵、是生命。 64 然而你们中间却有不信的人。”原来从起初耶稣就知道那些不信的是谁，那要把他出卖的又是谁。 65 耶稣跟着说：“所以我对你们说过，如果不是父所赐的，没有人能到我这里来。”
66 从此，他的门徒中有许多人退去了，不再与他同行。 67 于是耶稣对十二门徒说：“你们也想离去吗？” 68 西门．彼得回答：“主啊，你有永生之道，我们还跟从谁呢？ 69 我们已经相信，并且知道你是 神的圣者。” 70 耶稣说：“我不是拣选了你们十二个人吗？但你们中间有一个是魔鬼。” 71 耶稣这话是指着加略人西门的儿子犹大说的，因为他虽然是十二门徒之一，却要出卖耶稣。
John 6
New King James Version
Feeding the Five Thousand(A)
6 After (B)these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of (C)Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were (D)diseased.[a] 3 And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 (E)Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 5 (F)Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to (G)Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” 6 But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, (H)“Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”
8 One of His disciples, (I)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, (J)but what are they among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them [b]to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” 13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly (K)the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Jesus Walks on the Sea(L)
15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him (M)king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
16 (N)Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18 Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. 19 So when they had rowed about [c]three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were (O)afraid. 20 But He said to them, (P)“It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
The Bread from Heaven
22 On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except [d]that one [e]which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone— 23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks— 24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, (Q)seeking Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”
26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 (R)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but (S)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, (T)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”
28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, (U)“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
30 Therefore they said to Him, (V)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? 31 (W)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, (X)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but (Y)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 (Z)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
35 And Jesus said to them, (AA)“I am the bread of life. (AB)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never (AC)thirst. 36 (AD)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet (AE)do not believe. 37 (AF)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and (AG)the one who comes to Me I will [f]by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, (AH)not to do My own will, (AI)but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, (AJ)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, (AK)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Rejected by His Own
41 The Jews then [g]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 And they said, (AL)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, [h]“Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 (AM)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me (AN)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, (AO)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ (AP)Therefore everyone who [i]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 (AQ)Not that anyone has seen the Father, (AR)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Most assuredly, I say to you, (AS)he who believes [j]in Me has everlasting life. 48 (AT)I am the bread of life. 49 (AU)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 (AV)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread (AW)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and (AX)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
52 The Jews therefore (AY)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless (AZ)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 (BA)Whoever 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 [k]food indeed, and My blood is [l]drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (BB)abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 (BC)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not (BD)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
Many Disciples Turn Away
60 (BE)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a [m]hard saying; who can understand it?”
61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples [n]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this [o]offend you? 62 (BF)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 (BG)It is the Spirit who gives life; the (BH)flesh profits nothing. The (BI)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But (BJ)there are some of you who do not believe.” For (BK)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore (BL)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
66 (BM)From that time many of His disciples went [p]back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have (BN)the words of eternal life. 69 (BO)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the [q]Christ, the Son of the living God.”
70 Jesus answered them, (BP)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, (BQ)and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of (BR)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would (BS)betray Him, being one of the twelve.
Footnotes
- John 6:2 sick
- John 6:11 NU omits to the disciples, and the disciples
- John 6:19 Lit. 25 or 30 stadia
- John 6:22 NU omits that
- John 6:22 NU omits which His disciples had entered
- John 6:37 certainly not
- John 6:41 grumbled
- John 6:43 Stop grumbling
- John 6:45 M hears and has learned
- John 6:47 NU omits in Me
- John 6:55 NU true food
- John 6:55 NU true drink
- John 6:60 difficult
- John 6:61 grumbled
- John 6:61 make you stumble
- John 6:66 Or away; lit. to the back
- John 6:69 NU Holy One of God.
John 6
New Century Version
More than Five Thousand Fed
6 After this, Jesus went across Lake Galilee (or, Lake Tiberias). 2 Many people followed him because they saw the miracles he did to heal the sick. 3 Jesus went up on a hill and sat down there with his followers. 4 It was almost the time for the Jewish Passover Feast.
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough bread for all these people to eat?” 6 (Jesus asked Philip this question to test him, because Jesus already knew what he planned to do.)
7 Philip answered, “Someone would have to work almost a year to buy enough bread for each person to have only a little piece.”
8 Another one of his followers, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said, 9 “Here is a boy with five loaves of barley bread and two little fish, but that is not enough for so many people.”
10 Jesus said, “Tell the people to sit down.” There was plenty of grass there, and about five thousand men sat down there. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves of bread, thanked God for them, and gave them to the people who were sitting there. He did the same with the fish, giving as much as the people wanted.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, Jesus said to his followers, “Gather the leftover pieces of fish and bread so that nothing is wasted.” 13 So they gathered up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with the pieces left from the five barley loaves.
14 When the people saw this miracle that Jesus did, they said, “He must truly be the Prophet[a] who is coming into the world.”
15 Jesus knew that the people planned to come and take him by force and make him their king, so he left and went into the hills alone.
Jesus Walks on the Water
16 That evening Jesus’ followers went down to Lake Galilee. 17 It was dark now, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The followers got into a boat and started across the lake to Capernaum. 18 By now a strong wind was blowing, and the waves on the lake were getting bigger. 19 When they had rowed the boat about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the water, coming toward the boat. The followers were afraid, 20 but Jesus said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.” 21 Then they were glad to take him into the boat. At once the boat came to land at the place where they wanted to go.
The People Seek Jesus
22 The next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the lake knew that Jesus had not gone in the boat with his followers but that they had left without him. And they knew that only one boat had been there. 23 But then some boats came from Tiberias and landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 When the people saw that Jesus and his followers were not there now, they got into boats and went to Capernaum to find Jesus.
Jesus, the Bread of Life
25 When the people found Jesus on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Teacher, when did you come here?”
26 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you aren’t looking for me because you saw me do miracles. You are looking for me because you ate the bread and were satisfied. 27 Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”
28 The people asked Jesus, “What are the things God wants us to do?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: Believe the One he sent.”
30 So the people asked, “What miracle will you do? If we see a miracle, we will believe you. What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert. This is written in the Scriptures: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”[b]
32 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, it was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven; it is my Father who is giving you the true bread from heaven. 33 God’s bread is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 The people said, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
35 Then Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you before, you have seen me and still don’t believe. 37 The Father gives me the people who are mine. Every one of them will come to me, and I will always accept them. 38 I came down from heaven to do what God wants me to do, not what I want to do. 39 Here is what the One who sent me wants me to do: I must not lose even one whom God gave me, but I must raise them all on the last day. 40 Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”
41 Some people began to complain about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven.” 42 They said, “This is Jesus, the son of Joseph. We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43 But Jesus answered, “Stop complaining to each other. 44 The Father is the One who sent me. No one can come to me unless the Father draws him to me, and I will raise that person up on the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’[c] Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47 I tell you the truth, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread that gives life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but still they died. 50 Here is the bread that comes down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will never die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give up so that the world may have life.”
52 Then the evil people began to argue among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, you must eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood. Otherwise, you won’t have real life in you. 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day. 55 My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them. 57 The living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father. So whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 I am not like the bread your ancestors ate. They ate that bread and still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven, and whoever eats this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus said all these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
The Words of Eternal Life
60 When the followers of Jesus heard this, many of them said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?”
61 Knowing that his followers were complaining about this, Jesus said, “Does this teaching bother you? 62 Then will it also bother you to see the Son of Man going back to the place where he came from? 63 It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh doesn’t give life. The words I told you are spirit, and they give life. 64 But some of you don’t believe.” (Jesus knew from the beginning who did not believe and who would turn against him.) 65 Jesus said, “That is the reason I said, ‘If the Father does not bring a person to me, that one cannot come.’”
66 After Jesus said this, many of his followers left him and stopped following him.
67 Jesus asked the twelve followers, “Do you want to leave, too?”
68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, who would we go to? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe and know that you are the Holy One from God.”
70 Then Jesus answered, “I chose all twelve of you, but one of you is a devil.”
71 Jesus was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Judas was one of the twelve, but later he was going to turn against Jesus.
Footnotes
- 6:14 Prophet They probably meant the prophet that God told Moses he would send (Deuteronomy 18:15–19).
- 6:31 ‘He gave . . . eat.’ Quotation from Psalm 78:24.
- 6:45 ‘They . . . God.’ Quotation from Isaiah 54:13.
Jóhannesarguðspjall 6
Icelandic Bible
6 Eftir þetta fór Jesús yfir um Galíleuvatn eða Tíberíasvatn.
2 Mikill fjöldi manna fylgdi honum, því þeir sáu þau tákn, er hann gjörði á sjúku fólki.
3 Þá fór Jesús upp á fjallið og settist þar niður með lærisveinum sínum.
4 Þetta var laust fyrir páska, hátíð Gyðinga.
5 Jesús leit upp og sá, að mikill mannfjöldi kom til hans. Hann segir þá við Filippus: "Hvar eigum vér að kaupa brauð, að þessir menn fái að eta?"
6 En þetta sagði hann til að reyna hann, því hann vissi sjálfur, hvað hann ætlaði að gjöra.
7 Filippus svaraði honum: "Brauð fyrir tvö hundruð denara nægðu þeim ekki, svo að hver fengi lítið eitt."
8 Annar lærisveinn hans, Andrés, bróðir Símonar Péturs, segir þá við hann:
9 "Hér er piltur, sem er með fimm byggbrauð og tvo fiska, en hvað er það handa svo mörgum?"
10 Jesús sagði: "Látið fólkið setjast niður." Þarna var gras mikið. Menn settust nú niður, um fimm þúsund karlmenn að tölu.
11 Nú tók Jesús brauðin, gjörði þakkir og skipti þeim út til þeirra, sem þar sátu, og eins af fiskunum, svo mikið sem þeir vildu.
12 Þegar þeir voru mettir, segir hann við lærisveina sína: "Safnið saman leifunum, svo ekkert spillist."
13 Þeir söfnuðu þeim saman og fylltu tólf körfur með leifum byggbrauðanna fimm, sem af gengu hjá þeim, er neytt höfðu.
14 Þegar menn sáu táknið, sem hann gjörði, sögðu þeir: "Þessi maður er sannarlega spámaðurinn, sem koma skal í heiminn."
15 Jesús vissi nú, að þeir mundu koma og taka hann með valdi til að gjöra hann að konungi, og vék því aftur upp til fjallsins einn síns liðs.
16 Þegar kvöld var komið, fóru lærisveinar hans niður að vatninu,
17 stigu út í bát og lögðu af stað yfir um vatnið til Kapernaum. Myrkur var skollið á, og Jesús var ekki enn kominn til þeirra.
18 Vind gerði hvassan, og tók vatnið að æsast.
19 Þegar þeir höfðu róið hér um bil tuttugu og fimm eða þrjátíu skeiðrúm, sáu þeir Jesú gangandi á vatninu og nálgast bátinn. Þeir urðu hræddir,
20 en hann sagði við þá: "Það er ég, óttist eigi."
21 Þeir vildu þá taka hann í bátinn, en í sömu svifum rann báturinn að landi, þar sem þeir ætluðu að lenda.
22 Daginn eftir sá fólkið, sem eftir var handan vatnsins, að þar hafði ekki verið nema einn bátur og að Jesús hafði ekki stigið í bátinn með lærisveinum sínum, heldur höfðu þeir farið burt einir saman.
23 Aðrir bátar komu frá Tíberías í nánd við staðinn, þar sem þeir höfðu etið brauðið, þegar Drottinn gjörði þakkir.
24 Nú sáu menn, að Jesús var ekki þarna fremur en lærisveinar hans. Þeir stigu því í bátana og komu til Kapernaum í leit að Jesú.
25 Þeir fundu hann hinum megin við vatnið og spurðu hann: "Rabbí, nær komstu hingað?"
26 Jesús svaraði þeim: "Sannlega, sannlega segi ég yður: Þér leitið mín ekki af því, að þér sáuð tákn, heldur af því, að þér átuð af brauðunum og urðuð mettir.
27 Aflið yður eigi þeirrar fæðu, sem eyðist, heldur þeirrar fæðu, sem varir til eilífs lífs og Mannssonurinn mun gefa yður. Því á hann hefur faðirinn, Guð sjálfur, sett innsigli sitt."
28 Þá sögðu þeir við hann: "Hvað eigum vér að gjöra, svo að vér vinnum verk Guðs?"
29 Jesús svaraði þeim: "Þetta er verk Guðs, að þér trúið á þann, sem hann sendi."
30 Þeir spurðu hann þá: "Hvaða tákn gjörir þú, svo að vér sjáum og trúum þér? Hvað afrekar þú?
31 Feður vorir átu manna í eyðimörkinni, eins og ritað er: ,Brauð af himni gaf hann þeim að eta."`
32 Jesús sagði við þá: "Sannlega, sannlega segi ég yður: Móse gaf yður ekki brauðið af himni, heldur gefur faðir minn yður hið sanna brauð af himni.
33 Brauð Guðs er sá, sem stígur niður af himni og gefur heiminum líf."
34 Þá sögðu þeir við hann: "Herra, gef oss ætíð þetta brauð."
35 Jesús sagði þeim: "Ég er brauð lífsins. Þann mun ekki hungra, sem til mín kemur, og þann aldrei þyrsta, sem á mig trúir.
36 En ég hef sagt við yður: Þér hafið séð mig og trúið þó ekki.
37 Allt sem faðirinn gefur mér, mun koma til mín, og þann sem kemur til mín, mun ég alls eigi brott reka.
38 Ég er stiginn niður af himni, ekki til að gjöra vilja minn, heldur vilja þess, er sendi mig.
39 En sá er vilji þess, sem sendi mig, að ég glati engu af öllu því, sem hann hefur gefið mér, heldur reisi það upp á efsta degi.
40 Því sá er vilji föður míns, að hver sem sér soninn og trúir á hann, hafi eilíft líf, og ég mun reisa hann upp á efsta degi."
41 Nú kom upp kurr meðal Gyðinga út af því, að hann sagði: "Ég er brauðið, sem niður steig af himni,"
42 og þeir sögðu: "Er þetta ekki hann Jesús, sonur Jósefs? Vér þekkjum bæði föður hans og móður. Hvernig getur hann sagt, að hann sé stiginn niður af himni?"
43 Jesús svaraði þeim: "Verið ekki með kurr yðar á meðal.
44 Enginn getur komið til mín, nema faðirinn, sem sendi mig, dragi hann, og ég mun reisa hann upp á efsta degi.
45 Hjá spámönnunum er skrifað: ,Þeir munu allir verða af Guði fræddir.` Hver sem hlýðir á föðurinn og lærir af honum, kemur til mín.
46 Ekki er það svo, að nokkur hafi séð föðurinn. Sá einn, sem er frá Guði, hefur séð föðurinn.
47 Sannlega, sannlega segi ég yður: Sá sem trúir, hefur eilíft líf.
48 Ég er brauð lífsins.
49 Feður yðar átu manna í eyðimörkinni, en þeir dóu.
50 Þetta er brauðið, sem niður stígur af himni. Sá sem etur af því, deyr ekki.
51 Ég er hið lifandi brauð, sem steig niður af himni. Hver sem etur af þessu brauði, mun lifa að eilífu. Og brauðið, sem ég mun gefa, er hold mitt, heiminum til lífs."
52 Nú deildu Gyðingar sín á milli og sögðu: "Hvernig getur þessi maður gefið oss hold sitt að eta?"
53 Þá sagði Jesús við þá: "Sannlega, sannlega segi ég yður: Ef þér etið ekki hold Mannssonarins og drekkið blóð hans, hafið þér ekki lífið í yður.
54 Sá sem etur hold mitt og drekkur blóð mitt, hefur eilíft líf, og ég reisi hann upp á efsta degi.
55 Hold mitt er sönn fæða, og blóð mitt er sannur drykkur.
56 Sá sem etur hold mitt og drekkur blóð mitt, er í mér og ég í honum.
57 Eins og hinn lifandi faðir sendi mig og ég lifi fyrir föðurinn, svo mun sá lifa fyrir mig, sem mig etur.
58 Þetta er það brauð, sem niður steig af himni. Það er ekki eins og brauðið, sem feðurnir átu og dóu. Sá sem etur þetta brauð, mun lifa að eilífu."
59 Þetta sagði hann, þegar hann var að kenna í samkundunni í Kapernaum.
60 Margir af lærisveinum hans, er á hlýddu, sögðu: "Þung er þessi ræða. Hver getur hlustað á hana?"
61 Jesús vissi með sjálfum sér, að kurr var með lærisveinum hans út af þessu, og sagði við þá: "Hneykslar þetta yður?
62 En ef þér sæjuð Mannssoninn stíga upp þangað, sem hann áður var?
63 Það er andinn, sem lífgar, holdið megnar ekkert. Orðin, sem ég hef talað til yðar, þau eru andi og þau eru líf.
64 En meðal yðar eru nokkrir, sem ekki trúa." Jesús vissi frá upphafi, hverjir þeir voru, sem trúðu ekki, og hver sá var, sem mundi svíkja hann.
65 Og hann bætti við: "Vegna þess sagði ég við yður: Enginn getur komið til mín, nema faðirinn veiti honum það."
66 Upp úr þessu hurfu margir af lærisveinum hans frá og voru ekki framar með honum.
67 Þá sagði Jesús við þá tólf: "Ætlið þér að fara líka?"
68 Símon Pétur svaraði honum: "Herra, til hvers ættum vér að fara? Þú hefur orð eilífs lífs,
69 og vér trúum og vitum, að þú ert hinn heilagi Guðs."
70 Jesús svaraði þeim: "Hef ég eigi sjálfur útvalið yður tólf? Þó er einn yðar djöfull."
71 En hann átti við Júdas Símonarson Ískaríots, sem varð til að svíkja hann, einn þeirra tólf.
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