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John 6
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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.
John 6
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John 6
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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(A)
6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs(B) he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside(C) and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival(D) was near.
5 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?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
7 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!”
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(F) spoke up, 9 “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)
Johannes 6
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Johannes 6
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Jesus ger mat åt fem tusen
6 Sedan for Jesus över till andra sidan av Galileiska sjön. Den kallas också Tiberiassjön.
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4-5 Och en stor folkmassa följde honom vart han gick för att se honom bota de sjuka. Då gick Jesus upp på ett berg och satte sig där med sina lärjungar. Det var dagarna före påsk, judarnas stora högtid.När Jesus såg sig omkring och märkte att så mycket folk följt efter vände han sig till Filippos och sa: Filippos, var kan vi köpa bröd så att alla dessa människor får något att äta?
6 Han prövade Filippos, men själv visste han naturligtvis vad han skulle göra.
7 Filippos svarade: Det skulle kosta en förmögenhet och ändå skulle de inte bli mätta.
8-9 Då lade sig Andreas, Petrus yngre bror, i samtalet och sa: Det finns en pojke här med fem kornbröd och ett par fiskar. Men det räcker ju inte åt så många människor.
10 Säg åt alla att sätta sig, befallde Jesus. Och allesammans slog sig ner på grässluttningen, enbart männen var omkring fem tusen.
11 Sedan tog Jesus bröden och tackade Gud och delade ut dem till folket. Därefter gjorde han likadant med fiskarna. Och alla åt och blev mätta.
12 Samla nu ihop det som blev över så att inget förstörs, uppmanade Jesus sedan sina lärjungar.
13 Och det blev tolv fyllda korgar.
14 När folket fattade vilket stort under som inträffat ropade de: Han måste vara profeten, som vi väntar på!
15 Men när Jesus såg att de ville föra honom med sig med våld och göra honom till kung, drog han sig undan i ensamhet högre upp i bergen.
Jesus går på vattnet
16 På kvällen gick hans lärjungar ner till sjön och väntade på honom där.
17 Men när mörkret föll och Jesus ännu inte hade kommit tillbaka, steg de i en båt och for ut på sjön i riktning mot Kafarnaum.
18-19 Ganska snart blåste det upp, och sjögången blev häftig. De var omkring en halvmil från land. Plötsligt fick de se Jesus. Han gick på vattnet! Då blev de oerhört rädda,
20 men han ropade till dem och sa till dem att inte vara oroliga.
21 Då lät de honom komma upp i båten, och i samma ögonblick var båten framme vid den plats som de skulle till.
Jesus - livets bröd
22-23 Nästa morgon samlades folket igen på andra sidan sjön för att se och höra Jesus. De visste nämligen att han och lärjungarna hade kommit dit tillsammans, men att lärjungarna farit därifrån i sin båt och lämnat honom kvar. Flera småbåtar från Tiberias hade lagt till i närheten,
24 och när folket såg att varken Jesus eller lärjungarna var där, steg de i båtarna och for över sjön till Kafarnaum för att leta efter honom.
25 När de fann honom där frågade de: Herre, hur kom du hit?
26 Jesus svarade: Jag vet varför ni kommer till mig. Det är därför att jag gav er mat så att ni blev mätta, inte därför att ni förstod det under jag gjorde.
27 Men tänk inte bara på det som ni behöver för det dagliga livet. Nej, använd era krafter till att söka det eviga livet som jag, Människosonen, kan ge er. För Gud, Fadern, har sänt mig just för detta syfte.
28 De svarade: Hur ska vi leva för att göra Guds vilja?
29 Jesus sa: Guds vilja är att ni tror på den som han har sänt.
30-31 De svarade: Du måste visa oss fler under om du vill att vi ska tro att du är Messias. Ge oss bröd varje dag, precis som våra förfäder fick när de vandrade genom öknen. Eller som Skriften säger: 'Mose gav dem bröd från himlen.'
32 Jesus svarade: Det var inte Mose som gav dem brödet. Min Far gjorde det, och nu erbjuder han er det sanna brödet från himlen.
33 Det brödet är den som är sänd av Gud från himlen, och han ger liv åt världen.
34 Herre, sa de, ge oss det brödet varje dag!
35 Jesus svarade: Jag är livets bröd. Ingen som kommer till mig ska någonsin bli hungrig igen. Och den som tror på mig behöver aldrig bli törstig.
36 Men problemet är, som jag sagt till er tidigare, att ni inte ens tror det som ni ser med egna ögon.
37 Alla människor som min Far ger mig, kommer till mig, och jag kommer aldrig att visa bort dem.
38 För jag har kommit hit från himlen för att göra Guds vilja, inte min egen. Det är Gud som har sänt mig.
39 Och hans vilja är att jag inte ska förlora en enda av alla dem som han har gett mig, utan att jag ska uppväcka dem till evigt liv på den yttersta dagen.
40 För det är min Fars vilja att alla som ser Sonen och tror på honom ska ha evigt liv. Och jag ska uppväcka dem på den yttersta dagen.
Judarna accepterar inte vad Jesus säger
41 Då började judarna kritisera honom därför att han påstod sig vara brödet från himlen.
42 Vad nu då? utropade de. Vad menar han, han är ju bara Jesus, Josefs son. Vi känner hans föräldrar. Vad är det här för prat att han har kommit ner från himlen?
43 Men Jesus svarade: Var inte så upprörda för att jag sa det,
44 för ingen kommer till mig om inte min Far som sände mig drar honom till mig, och på den yttersta dagen ska jag föra alla sådana tillbaka till livet.
45 Profeterna säger ju: 'De ska alla bli undervisade av Gud.' Alla dem som Fadern talar till och som lär sig sanningen från honom, de dras till mig.
46 Men inte på det sättet att någon ser Fadern med egna ögon, för bara jag har sett honom.
47 Jag försäkrar er att den som tror på mig har redan evigt liv!
48 Ja, jag är livets bröd.
49 Det fanns inget verkligt liv i det bröd som kom ner från himlen och som gavs åt era förfäder i öknen, för de dog allesammans.
50-51 Men det finns faktiskt ett bröd från himlen som ger evigt liv åt alla som äter det. Jag är detta livgivande bröd som har kommit ner från himlen. Den som äter det brödet kommer att leva i evighet. Det brödet är min kropp, som jag ger för att hela världen ska få leva.
52 Då började judarna diskutera med varandra om vad han menade: Hur kan den här mannen ge oss sin kropp, så att vi kan äta av den? frågade de.
53 Jesus sa då om igen: Jag försäkrar er: Om ni inte äter Människosonens kropp och dricker hans blod så kan ni inte ha evigt liv i er.
54 Men var och en som äter min kropp och dricker mitt blod har evigt liv, och jag kommer att uppväcka honom på den yttersta dagen.
55 För min kropp ger den näring som är nödvändig för att leva, och mitt blod är en livgivande dryck.
56 Var och en som äter min kropp och dricker mitt blod är i mig och jag i honom.
57 Min Far har sänt mig, och jag lever därför att han lever. På samma sätt kommer de att leva som söker sin föda hos mig.
58 Jag är brödet från himlen. Alla som äter detta bröd ska leva i evighet och kommer inte att dö som era förfäder gjorde, även om de också åt bröd från himlen.
59 Denna predikan höll han i synagogan i Kafarnaum.
Många överger Jesus
60 Till och med lärjungarna sa: Det här står vi inte ut med att höra. Vad menar han egentligen?
61 Jesus visste inom sig att lärjungarna opponerade sig och därför sa han till dem: Stöter det här er?
62 Vad ska ni då tänka när ni ser mig, Människosonen, återvända till himlen?
63 Bara Guds ande kan skapa evigt liv. Ni själva kan inte göra det. Men de ord som jag har talat till er kommer från Guds ande och därför ger de er liv.
64 Men en del av er tror mig inte. Jesus visste nämligen från början vilka som inte trodde, och han visste vem som skulle förråda honom.
65 Och han anmärkte: Detta är vad jag menade när jag sa att ingen kommer till mig om inte Fadern drar honom till mig.
66 När han hade sagt detta om att äta hans kropp och dricka hans blod, drog sig många lärjungar bort från honom och ville inte längre ha något med honom att göra.
67 Då vände sig Jesus till de tolv och frågade: Tänker ni också gå er väg?
68 Petrus svarade: Herre, till vem skulle vi gå? Bara du kan tala de ord som ger evigt liv,
69 och vi tror och vet att du är Guds helige Son.
70 Då sa Jesus: Jag har valt ut er tolv och ändå är en av er en djävul.
71 (Han talade om Judas, Simon Iskariots son, den lärjunge som skulle förråda honom.)
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