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Jesus, the Way to the Father

14 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.[a] If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?[b] When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.”

“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is.[c] From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. 11 Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do.

12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. 13 You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. 14 Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, obey[d] my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,[e] who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.[f] 18 No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. 19 Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. 20 When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”

22 Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, “Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?”

23 Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them. 24 Anyone who doesn’t love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me. 25 I am telling you these things now while I am still with you. 26 But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.

27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. 28 Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am. 29 I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe.

30 “I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me, 31 but I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let’s be going.

Footnotes

  1. 14:2a Or There are many rooms in my Father’s house.
  2. 14:2b Or If this were not so, I would have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you. Some manuscripts read If this were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
  3. 14:7 Some manuscripts read If you have really known me, you will know who my Father is.
  4. 14:15 Other manuscripts read you will obey; still others read you should obey.
  5. 14:16 Or Comforter, or Encourager, or Counselor. Greek reads Paraclete; also in 14:26.
  6. 14:17 Some manuscripts read and is in you.

Jesús, el camino al Padre

14 »No dejen que el corazón se les llene de angustia; confíen en Dios y confíen también en mí. En el hogar de mi Padre, hay lugar más que suficiente.[a] Si no fuera así, ¿acaso les habría dicho que voy a prepararles un lugar?[b] Cuando todo esté listo, volveré para llevarlos, para que siempre estén conmigo donde yo estoy. Y ustedes conocen el camino que lleva adonde voy.

—No, Señor, no lo conocemos—dijo Tomás—. No tenemos ni idea de adónde vas, ¿cómo vamos a conocer el camino?

Jesús le contestó:

—Yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida; nadie puede ir al Padre si no es por medio de mí. Si ustedes realmente me conocieran, también sabrían quién es mi Padre.[c] De ahora en adelante, ya lo conocen y lo han visto.

Felipe le dijo:

—Señor, muéstranos al Padre y quedaremos conformes.

Jesús respondió:

—Felipe, ¿he estado con ustedes todo este tiempo, y todavía no sabes quién soy? ¡Los que me han visto a mí han visto al Padre! Entonces, ¿cómo me pides que les muestre al Padre? 10 ¿Acaso no crees que yo estoy en el Padre y el Padre está en mí? Las palabras que yo digo no son mías, sino que mi Padre, quien vive en mí, hace su obra por medio de mí. 11 Solo crean que yo estoy en el Padre y el Padre está en mí; o al menos crean por las obras que me han visto hacer.

12 »Les digo la verdad, todo el que crea en mí hará las mismas obras que yo he hecho y aún mayores, porque voy a estar con el Padre. 13 Pueden pedir cualquier cosa en mi nombre, y yo la haré, para que el Hijo le dé gloria al Padre. 14 Es cierto, pídanme cualquier cosa en mi nombre, ¡y yo la haré!

Jesús promete el Espíritu Santo

15 »Si me aman, obedezcan[d] mis mandamientos. 16 Y yo le pediré al Padre, y él les dará otro Abogado Defensor,[e] quien estará con ustedes para siempre. 17 Me refiero al Espíritu Santo, quien guía a toda la verdad. El mundo no puede recibirlo porque no lo busca ni lo reconoce; pero ustedes sí lo conocen, porque ahora él vive con ustedes y después estará en ustedes.[f] 18 No los abandonaré como a huérfanos; vendré a ustedes. 19 Dentro de poco, el mundo no me verá más, pero ustedes sí me verán. Dado que yo vivo, ustedes también vivirán. 20 Cuando yo vuelva a la vida, ustedes sabrán que estoy en mi Padre y que ustedes están en mí, y yo, en ustedes. 21 Los que aceptan mis mandamientos y los obedecen son los que me aman. Y, porque me aman a mí, mi Padre los amará a ellos. Y yo los amaré y me daré a conocer a cada uno de ellos.

22 Judas (no Judas Iscariote, sino el otro discípulo con el mismo nombre) le dijo:

—Señor, ¿por qué te darás a conocer solo a nosotros y no al mundo en general?

23 Jesús contestó:

—Todos los que me aman harán lo que yo diga. Mi Padre los amará, y vendremos para vivir con cada uno de ellos. 24 El que no me ama no me obedece. Y recuerden, mis palabras no son mías; lo que les hablo proviene del Padre, quien me envió. 25 Les digo estas cosas ahora, mientras todavía estoy con ustedes. 26 Sin embargo, cuando el Padre envíe al Abogado Defensor como mi representante—es decir, al Espíritu Santo—, él les enseñará todo y les recordará cada cosa que les he dicho.

27 »Les dejo un regalo: paz en la mente y en el corazón. Y la paz que yo doy es un regalo que el mundo no puede dar. Así que no se angustien ni tengan miedo. 28 Recuerden lo que les dije: me voy, pero volveré a ustedes. Si de veras me amaran, se alegrarían de que voy al Padre, quien es más importante que yo. 29 Les he dicho estas cosas antes de que sucedan para que, cuando sucedan, ustedes crean.

30 »No me queda mucho tiempo para hablar con ustedes, porque se acerca el que gobierna este mundo. Él no tiene ningún poder sobre mí, 31 pero haré lo que el Padre me manda, para que el mundo sepa que amo al Padre. Vamos, salgamos de aquí.

Footnotes

  1. 14:2a O Hay muchas habitaciones en la casa de mi Padre.
  2. 14:2b O Si no fuera así, les habría dicho que voy a prepararles un lugar. Algunos manuscritos dicen Si no fuera así, se los habría dicho. Voy a prepararles un lugar.
  3. 14:7 Algunos manuscritos dicen Si ustedes realmente me han conocido, sabrán quién es mi Padre.
  4. 14:15 Otros manuscritos dicen obedecerán; incluso otros dicen deben obedecer.
  5. 14:16 O Consolador, o Alentador, o Consejero. En griego dice Paráclito; también en 14:26.
  6. 14:17 Algunos manuscritos dicen y está en ustedes.

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.(A) You believe(B) in God[a];(C) believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there(D) to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back(E) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.(F) You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father

Thomas(G) said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am(H) the way(I) and the truth(J) and the life.(K) No one comes to the Father except through me.(L) If you really know me, you will know[b] my Father as well.(M) From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip(N) said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.(O) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?(P) The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.(Q) Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.(R) 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes(S) in me will do the works I have been doing,(T) and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask(U) in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands.(V) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate(W) to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth.(X) The world cannot accept him,(Y) because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans;(Z) I will come to you.(AA) 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.(AB) Because I live, you also will live.(AC) 20 On that day(AD) you will realize that I am in my Father,(AE) and you are in me, and I am in you.(AF) 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(AG) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(AH) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas(AI) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(AJ)

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(AK) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(AL) 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.(AM)

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate,(AN) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,(AO) will teach you all things(AP) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.(AQ) 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(AR) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(AS) and do not be afraid.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’(AT) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,(AU) for the Father is greater than I.(AV) 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.(AW) 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world(AX) is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.(AY)

“Come now; let us leave.

Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or Believe in God
  2. John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know
  3. John 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

Jesus[a] knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John (though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did). So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

He had to go through Samaria on the way. Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans.[b] She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”

10 Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”

11 “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? 12 And besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”

13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”

16 “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.

17 “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.

Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband— 18 for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet. 20 So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim,[c] where our ancestors worshiped?”

21 Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews. 23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus told her, I am the Messiah!”[d]

27 Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?” 28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, 29 “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?” 30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32 But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”

33 “Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.

34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. 35 You know the saying, ‘Four months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe[e] for harvest. 36 The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike! 37 You know the saying, ‘One plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true. 38 I sent you to harvest where you didn’t plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest.”

Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I ever did!” 40 When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days, 41 long enough for many more to hear his message and believe. 42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.”

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43 At the end of the two days, Jesus went on to Galilee. 44 He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown. 45 Yet the Galileans welcomed him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything he did there.

46 As he traveled through Galilee, he came to Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.

48 Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”

49 The official pleaded, “Lord, please come now before my little boy dies.”

50 Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.

51 While the man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well. 52 He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied, “Yesterday afternoon at one o’clock his fever suddenly disappeared!” 53 Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and his entire household believed in Jesus. 54 This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did in Galilee after coming from Judea.

Jesus Heals a Lame Man

Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda,[f] with five covered porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches.[g] One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?”

“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”

Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”

Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath, 10 so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!”

11 But he replied, “The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

12 “Who said such a thing as that?” they demanded.

13 The man didn’t know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd. 14 But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.” 15 Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had healed him.

Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God

16 So the Jewish leaders began harassing[h] Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. 17 But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” 18 So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

19 So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing. In fact, the Father will show him how to do even greater works than healing this man. Then you will truly be astonished. 21 For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants. 22 In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge, 23 so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.

24 “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.

25 “And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live. 26 The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son. 27 And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.[i] 28 Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, 29 and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment. 30 I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.

Witnesses to Jesus

31 “If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid. 32 But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true. 33 In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true. 34 Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved. 35 John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message. 36 But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face, 38 and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you.

39 “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! 40 Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.

41 “Your approval means nothing to me, 42 because I know you don’t have God’s love within you. 43 For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them. 44 No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.[j]

45 “Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes. 46 If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But since you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. (It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.

Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money[k] to feed them!”

Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”

10 “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. 12 After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.” 13 So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.

14 When the people saw him[l] do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, “Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!”[m] 15 When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.

Jesus Walks on Water

16 That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. 17 But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. 18 Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. 19 They had rowed three or four miles[n] when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, 20 but he called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here![o] 21 Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination!

Jesus, the Bread of Life

22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them. 23 Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten. 24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him. 25 They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

26 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs. 27 But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man[p] can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”

28 They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”

29 Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”

30 They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do? 31 After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[q]

32 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven. 33 The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “give us that bread every day.”

35 Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. 37 However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. 38 For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. 39 And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. 40 For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”

41 Then the people[r] began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

43 But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said. 44 For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. 45 As it is written in the Scriptures,[s] ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. 46 (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)

47 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. 48 Yes, I am the bread of life! 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. 50 Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”

52 Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.

53 So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. 54 But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”

59 He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? 63 The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.) 65 Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”

66 At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. 67 Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”

68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.[t]

70 Then Jesus said, “I chose the twelve of you, but one is a devil.” 71 He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the Twelve, who would later betray him.

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Some manuscripts read The Lord.
  2. 4:9 Some manuscripts do not include this sentence.
  3. 4:20 Greek on this mountain.
  4. 4:26 Or “The ‘I am’ is here”; or “I am the Lord”; Greek reads “I am, the one speaking to you.” See Exod 3:14.
  5. 4:35 Greek white.
  6. 5:2 Other manuscripts read Beth-zatha; still others read Bethsaida.
  7. 5:3 Some manuscripts add an expanded conclusion to verse 3 and all of verse 4: waiting for a certain movement of the water, for an angel of the Lord came from time to time and stirred up the water. And the first person to step in after the water was stirred was healed of whatever disease he had.
  8. 5:16 Or persecuting.
  9. 5:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
  10. 5:44 Some manuscripts read from the only One.
  11. 6:7 Greek Two hundred denarii would not be enough. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
  12. 6:14a Some manuscripts read Jesus.
  13. 6:14b See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6.
  14. 6:19 Greek 25 or 30 stadia [4.6 or 5.5 kilometers].
  15. 6:20 Or The ‘I am’ is here; Greek reads I am. See Exod 3:14.
  16. 6:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
  17. 6:31 Exod 16:4; Ps 78:24.
  18. 6:41 Greek Jewish people; also in 6:52.
  19. 6:45 Greek in the prophets. Isa 54:13.
  20. 6:69 Other manuscripts read you are the Christ, the Holy One of God; still others read you are the Christ, the Son of God; and still others read you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Jesús y la mujer samaritana

Jesús[a] sabía que los fariseos se habían enterado de que él hacía y bautizaba más discípulos que Juan (aunque no era Jesús mismo quien los bautizaba sino sus discípulos). Así que se fue de Judea y volvió a Galilea.

En el camino, tenía que pasar por Samaria. Entonces llegó a una aldea samaritana llamada Sicar, cerca del campo que Jacob le dio a su hijo José. Allí estaba el pozo de Jacob; y Jesús, cansado por la larga caminata, se sentó junto al pozo cerca del mediodía. Poco después, llegó una mujer samaritana a sacar agua, y Jesús le dijo:

—Por favor, dame un poco de agua para beber.

Él estaba solo en ese momento porque sus discípulos habían ido a la aldea a comprar algo para comer.

La mujer se sorprendió, ya que los judíos rechazan todo trato con los samaritanos.[b] Entonces le dijo a Jesús:

—Usted es judío, y yo soy una mujer samaritana. ¿Por qué me pide agua para beber?

10 Jesús contestó:

—Si tan solo supieras el regalo que Dios tiene para ti y con quién estás hablando, tú me pedirías a mí, y yo te daría agua viva.

11 —Pero señor, usted no tiene ni una soga ni un balde—le dijo ella—, y este pozo es muy profundo. ¿De dónde va a sacar esa agua viva? 12 Además, ¿se cree usted superior a nuestro antepasado Jacob, quien nos dio este pozo? ¿Cómo puede usted ofrecer mejor agua que la que disfrutaron él, sus hijos y sus animales?

13 Jesús contestó:

—Cualquiera que beba de esta agua pronto volverá a tener sed, 14 pero todos los que beban del agua que yo doy no tendrán sed jamás. Esa agua se convierte en un manantial que brota con frescura dentro de ellos y les da vida eterna.

15 —Por favor, señor—le dijo la mujer—, ¡deme de esa agua! Así nunca más volveré a tener sed y no tendré que venir aquí a sacar agua.

16 Jesús le dijo:

—Ve y trae a tu esposo.

17 —No tengo esposo—respondió la mujer.

—Es cierto —dijo Jesús—. No tienes esposo 18 porque has tenido cinco esposos y ni siquiera estás casada con el hombre con el que ahora vives. ¡Ciertamente dijiste la verdad!

19 —Señor—dijo la mujer—, seguro que usted es profeta. 20 Así que dígame, ¿por qué ustedes, los judíos, insisten en que Jerusalén es el único lugar donde se debe adorar, mientras que nosotros, los samaritanos, afirmamos que es aquí, en el monte Gerizim,[c] donde adoraron nuestros antepasados?

21 Jesús le contestó:

—Créeme, querida mujer, que se acerca el tiempo en que no tendrá importancia si se adora al Padre en este monte o en Jerusalén. 22 Ustedes, los samaritanos, saben muy poco acerca de aquel a quien adoran, mientras que nosotros, los judíos, conocemos bien a quien adoramos, porque la salvación viene por medio de los judíos. 23 Pero se acerca el tiempo—de hecho, ya ha llegado—cuando los verdaderos adoradores adorarán al Padre en espíritu y en verdad. El Padre busca personas que lo adoren de esa manera. 24 Pues Dios es Espíritu, por eso todos los que lo adoran deben hacerlo en espíritu y en verdad.

25 La mujer dijo:

—Sé que el Mesías está por venir, al que llaman Cristo. Cuando él venga, nos explicará todas las cosas.

26 Entonces Jesús le dijo:

—¡Yo Soy el Mesías![d]

27 Justo en ese momento, volvieron sus discípulos. Se sorprendieron al ver que Jesús hablaba con una mujer, pero ninguno se atrevió a preguntarle: «¿Qué quieres de ella?» o «¿Por qué le hablas?». 28 La mujer dejó su cántaro junto al pozo y volvió corriendo a la aldea mientras les decía a todos: 29 «¡Vengan a ver a un hombre que me dijo todo lo que he hecho en mi vida! ¿No será este el Mesías?». 30 Así que la gente salió de la aldea para verlo.

31 Mientras tanto, los discípulos le insistían a Jesús:

—Rabí,[e] come algo.

32 Jesús les respondió:

—Yo tengo una clase de alimento que ustedes no conocen.

33 «¿Le habrá traído alguien de comer mientras nosotros no estábamos?», se preguntaban los discípulos unos a otros.

34 Entonces Jesús explicó:

—Mi alimento consiste en hacer la voluntad de Dios, quien me envió, y en terminar su obra. 35 Ustedes conocen el dicho: “Hay cuatro meses entre la siembra y la cosecha”, pero yo les digo: despierten y miren a su alrededor, los campos ya están listos[f] para la cosecha. 36 A los segadores se les paga un buen salario, y los frutos que cosechan son personas que pasan a tener la vida eterna. ¡Qué alegría le espera tanto al que siembra como al que cosecha! 37 Ya saben el dicho: “Uno siembra y otro cosecha”, y es cierto. 38 Yo los envié a ustedes a cosechar donde no sembraron; otros ya habían hecho el trabajo, y ahora a ustedes les toca levantar la cosecha.

Muchos samaritanos creen

39 Muchos samaritanos de esa aldea creyeron en Jesús, porque la mujer había dicho: «¡Él me dijo todo lo que hice en mi vida!». 40 Cuando salieron a verlo, le rogaron que se quedara en la aldea. Así que Jesús se quedó dos días, 41 tiempo suficiente para que muchos más escucharan su mensaje y creyeran. 42 Luego le dijeron a la mujer: «Ahora creemos, no solo por lo que tú nos dijiste, sino porque lo hemos oído en persona. Ahora sabemos que él es realmente el Salvador del mundo».

Jesús sana al hijo de un funcionario

43 Pasados los dos días, Jesús siguió camino a Galilea. 44 Él mismo había declarado que un profeta no recibe honra en su propio pueblo. 45 Sin embargo, los galileos lo recibieron bien, porque habían estado en Jerusalén durante la celebración de la Pascua y habían visto todo lo que él hizo allí.

46 En su paso por Galilea, Jesús llegó a Caná, donde había convertido el agua en vino. Cerca de allí, en Capernaúm, había un funcionario de gobierno que tenía un hijo muy enfermo. 47 Cuando supo que Jesús había ido de Judea a Galilea, fue a verlo y le rogó que se dirigiera a Capernaúm para sanar a su hijo, quien estaba al borde de la muerte.

48 Jesús le preguntó:

—¿Acaso nunca van a creer en mí a menos que vean señales milagrosas y maravillas?

49 —Señor, por favor—suplicó el funcionario—, ven ahora mismo, antes de que mi hijito se muera.

50 Entonces Jesús le dijo:

—Vuelve a tu casa. ¡Tu hijo vivirá!

Y el hombre creyó lo que Jesús le dijo y emprendió el regreso a su casa.

51 Mientras el funcionario iba en camino, algunos de sus sirvientes salieron a su encuentro con la noticia de que su hijo estaba vivo y sano. 52 Él les preguntó a qué hora el niño había comenzado a mejorar, y ellos le contestaron: «Ayer, a la una de la tarde, ¡la fiebre de pronto se le fue!». 53 Entonces el padre se dio cuenta de que la sanidad había ocurrido en el mismo instante en que Jesús le había dicho: «Tu hijo vivirá». Y tanto él como todos los de su casa creyeron en Jesús. 54 Esa fue la segunda señal milagrosa que hizo Jesús en Galilea al volver de Judea.

Jesús sana a un hombre cojo

Después Jesús regresó a Jerusalén para la celebración de uno de los días sagrados de los judíos. Dentro de la ciudad, cerca de la puerta de las Ovejas, se encontraba el estanque de Betesda,[g] que tenía cinco pórticos cubiertos. Una multitud de enfermos—ciegos, cojos, paralíticos—estaban tendidos en los pórticos.[h] Uno de ellos era un hombre que hacía treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo. Cuando Jesús lo vio y supo que hacía tanto que padecía la enfermedad, le preguntó:

—¿Te gustaría recuperar la salud?

—Es que no puedo, señor—contestó el enfermo—, porque no tengo a nadie que me meta en el estanque cuando se agita el agua. Siempre alguien llega antes que yo.

Jesús le dijo:

—¡Ponte de pie, toma tu camilla y anda!

¡Al instante, el hombre quedó sano! Enrolló la camilla, ¡y comenzó a caminar! Pero ese milagro sucedió el día de descanso, 10 así que los líderes judíos protestaron. Le dijeron al hombre que había sido sanado:

—¡No puedes trabajar el día de descanso! ¡La ley no te permite cargar esa camilla!

11 Pero él respondió:

—El hombre que me sanó me dijo: “Toma tu camilla y anda”.

12 —¿Quién te dijo semejante cosa?—le exigieron.

13 El hombre no lo sabía, porque Jesús había desaparecido entre la multitud; 14 pero después, Jesús lo encontró en el templo y le dijo: «Ya estás sano; así que deja de pecar o podría sucederte algo mucho peor». 15 Entonces el hombre fue a ver a los líderes judíos y les dijo que era Jesús quien lo había sanado.

Jesús afirma ser el Hijo de Dios

16 Entonces los líderes judíos comenzaron a acosar[i] a Jesús por haber violado las reglas del día de descanso. 17 Pero Jesús respondió: «Mi Padre siempre trabaja, y yo también». 18 Entonces los líderes judíos se esforzaron aún más por encontrar una forma de matarlo. Pues no solo violaba el día de descanso sino que, además, decía que Dios era su Padre, con lo cual se hacía igual a Dios.

19 Entonces Jesús explicó: «Les digo la verdad, el Hijo no puede hacer nada por su propia cuenta; solo hace lo que ve que el Padre hace. Todo lo que hace el Padre, también lo hace el Hijo, 20 pues el Padre ama al Hijo y le muestra todo lo que hace. De hecho, el Padre le mostrará cómo hacer cosas más trascendentes que el sanar a ese hombre. Entonces ustedes quedarán realmente asombrados. 21 Pues, así como el Padre da vida a los que resucita de los muertos, también el Hijo da vida a quien él quiere. 22 Además, el Padre no juzga a nadie, sino que le ha dado al Hijo autoridad absoluta para juzgar, 23 a fin de que todos honren al Hijo así como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo ciertamente tampoco honra al Padre que lo envió.

24 »Les digo la verdad, todos los que escuchan mi mensaje y creen en Dios, quien me envió, tienen vida eterna. Nunca serán condenados por sus pecados, pues ya han pasado de la muerte a la vida.

25 »Y les aseguro que se acerca el tiempo—de hecho, ya ha llegado—cuando los muertos oirán mi voz, la voz del Hijo de Dios, y los que escuchen, vivirán. 26 El Padre tiene vida en sí mismo y le ha entregado a su Hijo ese mismo poder de dar vida.[j] 27 Y le ha dado autoridad para juzgar a todos, porque es el Hijo del Hombre.[k] 28 ¡No se sorprendan tanto! Ciertamente, ya se acerca el tiempo en que todos los que están en las tumbas oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios 29 y resucitarán. Los que hicieron el bien resucitarán para gozar de la vida eterna, y los que continuaron en su maldad resucitarán para sufrir el juicio. 30 Yo no puedo hacer nada por mi propia cuenta; juzgo según Dios me indica. Por lo tanto, mi juicio es justo, porque llevo a cabo la voluntad del que me envió y no la mía.

Testigos de Jesús

31 »Si yo diera testimonio en mi propio favor, mi testimonio no sería válido; 32 pero hay otro que también da testimonio de mí, y les aseguro que todo lo que dice acerca de mí es verdad. 33 De hecho, ustedes enviaron a sus hombres para que escucharan a Juan el Bautista, y el testimonio que él dio acerca de mí fue cierto. 34 Por supuesto, no necesito testigos humanos, pero digo estas cosas para que ustedes sean salvos. 35 Juan era como una lámpara que ardía y brillaba, y ustedes se entusiasmaron con su mensaje durante un tiempo; 36 pero yo tengo un testigo aún más importante que Juan: mis enseñanzas y mis milagros. El Padre me dio estas obras para que yo las realizara, y ellas prueban que él me envió. 37 El Padre mismo, quien me envió, ha dado testimonio de mí. Ustedes nunca han oído su voz ni lo han visto cara a cara, 38 y no tienen su mensaje en el corazón, porque no creen en mí, que soy a quien el Padre les ha enviado.

39 »Ustedes estudian las Escrituras a fondo porque piensan que ellas les dan vida eterna. ¡Pero las Escrituras me señalan a mí! 40 Sin embargo, ustedes se niegan a venir a mí para recibir esa vida.

41 »La aprobación de ustedes no significa nada para mí, 42 porque sé que no tienen el amor de Dios adentro. 43 Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y ustedes me han rechazado. Sin embargo, si otros vienen en su propio nombre, ustedes los reciben con gusto. 44 ¡Con razón les cuesta creer! Pues a ustedes les encanta honrarse unos a otros, pero no les importa la honra que proviene del único que es Dios.[l]

45 »Sin embargo, no soy yo quien los acusará ante el Padre. ¡Moisés los acusará! Sí, Moisés, en quien ustedes han puesto su esperanza. 46 Si en verdad le creyeran a Moisés, me creerían a mí, porque él escribió acerca de mí; 47 pero como no creen en lo que él escribió, ¿cómo creerán lo que yo digo?».

Jesús alimenta a cinco mil

Después Jesús cruzó al otro lado del mar de Galilea, conocido también como el mar de Tiberias. Una gran multitud siempre lo seguía a todas partes porque veía las señales milagrosas que hacía cuando sanaba a los enfermos. Entonces Jesús subió a una colina y se sentó allí rodeado de sus discípulos. (Ya era casi el tiempo de la celebración de la Pascua judía). Enseguida Jesús vio que una gran multitud venía a su encuentro. Dirigiéndose a Felipe, le preguntó:

—¿Dónde podemos comprar pan para alimentar a toda esta gente?

Lo estaba poniendo a prueba, porque Jesús ya sabía lo que iba a hacer.

Felipe contestó:

—¡Aunque trabajáramos meses enteros, no tendríamos el dinero suficiente[m] para alimentar a toda esta gente!

Entonces habló Andrés, el hermano de Simón Pedro: «Aquí hay un muchachito que tiene cinco panes de cebada y dos pescados. ¿Pero de qué sirven ante esta enorme multitud?».

10 Jesús dijo: «Díganles a todos que se sienten». Así que todos se sentaron sobre la hierba, en las laderas. (Solo contando a los hombres sumaban alrededor de cinco mil). 11 Luego Jesús tomó los panes, dio gracias a Dios y los distribuyó entre la gente. Después hizo lo mismo con los pescados. Y todos comieron cuanto quisieron. 12 Una vez que quedaron satisfechos, Jesús les dijo a sus discípulos: «Ahora junten lo que sobró, para que no se desperdicie nada». 13 Entonces ellos juntaron las sobras y llenaron doce canastos con los restos que la multitud había dejado después de comer de los cinco panes de cebada.

14 La gente, al ver la señal milagrosa que Jesús[n] había hecho, exclamó: «¡No hay duda de que es el Profeta que esperábamos!»[o]. 15 Cuando Jesús vio que estaban dispuestos a hacerlo rey a la fuerza, se escabulló hacia las colinas él solo.

Jesús camina sobre el agua

16 Al atardecer, los discípulos de Jesús bajaron a la orilla del lago para esperarlo; 17 pero al ver que caía la noche y que Jesús aún no había vuelto, subieron a la barca y comenzaron a cruzar el lago rumbo a Capernaúm. 18 Poco después, se levantó un viento fuerte sobre ellos y el mar se agitó mucho. 19 Habían remado unos cinco o seis kilómetros[p] cuando de pronto vieron a Jesús caminando sobre el agua en dirección a la barca. Estaban aterrados, 20 pero él exclamó: «No tengan miedo, ¡yo estoy aquí![q]». 21 Entonces lo recibieron con entusiasmo en la barca, ¡y enseguida llegaron a su destino!

Jesús, el pan de vida

22 Al día siguiente, la multitud que se había quedado en la otra orilla del lago se dio cuenta de que los discípulos habían tomado la única barca y que Jesús no había ido con ellos. 23 Varias barcas de Tiberias arribaron cerca del lugar donde el Señor había bendecido el pan y la gente había comido. 24 Cuando la multitud vio que ni Jesús ni sus discípulos estaban allí, subieron a las barcas y cruzaron el lago hasta Capernaúm para ir en busca de Jesús. 25 Lo encontraron al otro lado del lago y le preguntaron:

—Rabí,[r] ¿cuándo llegaste acá?

26 Jesús les contestó:

—Les digo la verdad, ustedes quieren estar conmigo porque les di de comer, no porque hayan entendido las señales milagrosas. 27 No se preocupen tanto por las cosas que se echan a perder, tal como la comida. Pongan su energía en buscar la vida eterna que puede darles el Hijo del Hombre.[s] Pues Dios Padre me ha dado su sello de aprobación.

28 —Nosotros también queremos realizar las obras de Dios—contestaron ellos—. ¿Qué debemos hacer?

29 Jesús les dijo:

—La única obra que Dios quiere que hagan es que crean en quien él ha enviado.

30 —Si quieres que creamos en ti—le respondieron—, muéstranos una señal milagrosa. ¿Qué puedes hacer? 31 Después de todo, ¡nuestros antepasados comieron maná mientras andaban por el desierto! Las Escrituras dicen: “Moisés les dio de comer pan del cielo”[t].

32 Jesús les respondió:

—Les digo la verdad, no fue Moisés quien les dio el pan del cielo, fue mi Padre. Y ahora él les ofrece el verdadero pan del cielo, 33 pues el verdadero pan de Dios es el que desciende del cielo y da vida al mundo.

34 —Señor—le dijeron—, danos ese pan todos los días.

35 Jesús les respondió:

—Yo soy el pan de vida. El que viene a mí nunca volverá a tener hambre; el que cree en mí no tendrá sed jamás. 36 Pero ustedes no han creído en mí, a pesar de que me han visto. 37 Sin embargo, los que el Padre me ha dado vendrán a mí, y jamás los rechazaré. 38 Pues he descendido del cielo para hacer la voluntad de Dios, quien me envió, no para hacer mi propia voluntad. 39 Y la voluntad de Dios es que yo no pierda ni a uno solo de todos los que él me dio, sino que los resucite, en el día final. 40 Pues la voluntad de mi Padre es que todos los que vean a su Hijo y crean en él tengan vida eterna; y yo los resucitaré en el día final.

41 Entonces la gente comenzó[u] a murmurar en desacuerdo, porque él había dicho: «Yo soy el pan que descendió del cielo». 42 Ellos se decían: «¿Acaso no es este Jesús, el hijo de José? Conocemos a su padre y a su madre. ¿Y ahora cómo puede decir: “Yo descendí del cielo”?».

43 Jesús les contestó: «Dejen de quejarse por lo que dije. 44 Pues nadie puede venir a mí a menos que me lo traiga el Padre, que me envió, y yo lo resucitaré en el día final. 45 Como dicen las Escrituras:[v] “A todos les enseñará Dios”. Todos los que escuchan al Padre y aprenden de él, vienen a mí. 46 (No es que alguien haya visto al Padre; solamente yo lo he visto, el que Dios envió).

47 »Les digo la verdad, todo el que cree, tiene vida eterna. 48 ¡Sí, yo soy el pan de vida! 49 Sus antepasados comieron maná en el desierto, pero todos murieron, 50 sin embargo, el que coma el pan del cielo nunca morirá. 51 Yo soy el pan vivo que descendió del cielo. Todo el que coma de este pan vivirá para siempre; y este pan, que ofreceré para que el mundo viva, es mi carne».

52 Entonces la gente comenzó a discutir entre sí sobre lo que él quería decir. «¿Cómo puede este hombre darnos de comer su carne?», se preguntaban.

53 Por eso Jesús volvió a decir: «Les digo la verdad, a menos que coman la carne del Hijo del Hombre y beban su sangre, no podrán tener vida eterna en ustedes; 54 pero todo el que coma mi carne y beba mi sangre tendrá vida eterna, y yo lo resucitaré en el día final. 55 Pues mi carne es verdadera comida y mi sangre es verdadera bebida. 56 Todo el que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre permanece en mí y yo en él. 57 Yo vivo gracias al Padre viviente que me envió; de igual manera, todo el que se alimente de mí vivirá gracias a mí. 58 Yo soy el pan verdadero que descendió del cielo. El que coma de este pan no morirá—como les pasó a sus antepasados a pesar de haber comido el maná—sino que vivirá para siempre».

59 Jesús dijo esas cosas mientras enseñaba en la sinagoga de Capernaúm.

Muchos discípulos abandonan a Jesús

60 Muchos de sus discípulos decían: «Esto es muy difícil de entender. ¿Cómo puede alguien aceptarlo?».

61 Jesús estaba consciente de que sus discípulos se quejaban, así que les dijo: «¿Acaso esto los ofende? 62 ¿Qué pensarán, entonces, si ven al Hijo del Hombre ascender al cielo otra vez? 63 Solo el Espíritu da vida eterna; los esfuerzos humanos no logran nada. Las palabras que yo les he hablado son espíritu y son vida, 64 pero algunos de ustedes no me creen». (Pues Jesús sabía, desde un principio, quiénes eran los que no creían y también quién lo traicionaría). 65 Entonces les dijo: «Por eso dije que nadie puede venir a mí a menos que el Padre me lo entregue».

66 A partir de ese momento, muchos de sus discípulos se apartaron de él y lo abandonaron. 67 Entonces Jesús, mirando a los Doce, les preguntó:

—¿Ustedes también van a marcharse?

68 Simón Pedro le contestó:

—Señor, ¿a quién iríamos? Tú tienes las palabras que dan vida eterna. 69 Nosotros creemos y sabemos que tú eres el Santo de Dios.[w]

70 Entonces Jesús dijo:

—Yo los elegí a ustedes doce, pero hay uno de ustedes que es un diablo.

71 Se refería a Judas, hijo de Simón Iscariote, uno de los doce, quien más tarde lo traicionaría.

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Algunos manuscritos dicen El Señor.
  2. 4:9 Algunos manuscritos no incluyen esta oración.
  3. 4:20 En griego en este monte.
  4. 4:26 O —¡El “Yo Soy” está aquí!; o —¡Yo soy el Señor!; en griego dice —Yo soy, el que habla contigo. Ver Ex 3:14.
  5. 4:31 Rabí, del arameo, significa «amo» o «maestro».
  6. 4:35 En griego blancos.
  7. 5:2 Otros manuscritos dicen Bet-zata; incluso otros dicen Betsaida.
  8. 5:3 Algunos manuscritos amplían el versículo 3 y agregan el versículo 4: esperando un determinado movimiento del agua, porque un ángel del Señor descendía de vez en cuando y agitaba el agua. Y la primera persona que se metía en el agua después de que se agitara quedaba sana de cualquier enfermedad que tuviera.
  9. 5:16 O perseguir.
  10. 5:26 En griego y le ha dado al Hijo el tener vida en sí mismo.
  11. 5:27 «Hijo del Hombre» es un título que Jesús empleaba para referirse a sí mismo.
  12. 5:44 Algunos manuscritos dicen del Único.
  13. 6:7 En griego Doscientos denarios no serían suficientes. Un denario equivalía a la paga de un obrero por una jornada completa de trabajo.
  14. 6:14a Algunos manuscritos no incluyen Jesús.
  15. 6:14b Ver Dt 18:15, 18; Ml 4:5-6.
  16. 6:19 En griego 25 o 30 estadios [3 o 4 millas].
  17. 6:20 O ¡El “Yo Soy” está aquí!; en griego dice Yo soy. Ver Ex 3:14.
  18. 6:25 Rabí, del arameo, significa «amo» o «maestro».
  19. 6:27 «Hijo del Hombre» es un título que Jesús empleaba para referirse a sí mismo.
  20. 6:31 Ex 16:4; Sal 78:24.
  21. 6:41 En griego Entonces los judíos comenzaron; también en 6:52.
  22. 6:45 En griego Como está escrito en los profetas. Is 54:13.
  23. 6:69 Otros manuscritos dicen tú eres el Cristo, el Santo de Dios; otros dicen tú eres el Cristo, el Hijo de Dios; e incluso otros dicen tú eres el Cristo, el Hijo del Dios viviente.

Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman

Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John(A) although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea(B) and went back once more to Galilee.

Now he had to go through Samaria.(C) So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(D) Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(E) (His disciples had gone into the town(F) to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan(G) woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”(H)

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well(I) and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(J) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(K) welling up to eternal life.”(L)

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty(M) and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.(N) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(O) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(P)

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(Q) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(R) 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(S) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(T) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(U) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(V) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)(X) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”(Y)

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

27 Just then his disciples returned(Z) and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.(AA) Could this be the Messiah?”(AB) 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(AC) eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(AD) that you know nothing about.”

33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(AE) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(AF) 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.(AG) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(AH) a crop for eternal life,(AI) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(AJ) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(AK) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(AL) 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.

42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(AM)

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43 After the two days(AN) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(AO) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AP) for they also had been there.

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(AQ) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(AR) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(AS) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”

The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(AT) believed.

54 This was the second sign(AU) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

The Healing at the Pool

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(AV) a pool, which in Aramaic(AW) is called Bethesda[b] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [c] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(AX) At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(AY) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(AZ) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(BA)

11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’

12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(BB) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(BC) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(BD) is always at his work(BE) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(BF) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(BG)

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(BH) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(BI) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(BJ) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(BK) even so the Son gives life(BL) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(BM) 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.(BN)

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(BO) has eternal life(BP) and will not be judged(BQ) but has crossed over from death to life.(BR) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(BS) when the dead will hear(BT) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(BU) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(BV) because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(BW) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(BX) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(BY) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(BZ) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(CA)

Testimonies About Jesus

31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(CB) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(CC) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(CD) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(CE) but I mention it that you may be saved.(CF) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(CG) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(CH) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(CI)—testify that the Father has sent me.(CJ) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(CK) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(CL) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(CM) for you do not believe(CN) the one he sent.(CO) 39 You study[d] the Scriptures(CP) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(CQ) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(CR) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(CS) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(CT) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[e]?(CU)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(CV) on whom your hopes are set.(CW) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(CX) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(CY)

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(CZ)

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(DA) he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside(DB) and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival(DC) was near.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,(DD) “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[f] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

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

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,(DG) 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(DH) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”(DI) 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king(DJ) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.(DK)

Jesus Walks on the Water(DL)

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,[g] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;(DM) and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”(DN) 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(DO) 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.(DP) 23 Then some boats from Tiberias(DQ) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.(DR) 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,(DS) when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(DT) not because you saw the signs(DU) 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(DV) to eternal life,(DW) which the Son of Man(DX) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(DY) 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(DZ) in the one he has sent.”(EA)

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

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(EF) and gives life to the world.”

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

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(EH) the bread of life.(EI) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(EJ) in me will never be thirsty.(EK) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me(EL) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(EM) not to do my will but to do the will(EN) of him who sent me.(EO) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(EP) but raise them up at the last day.(EQ) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(ER) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(ES) 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,(ET) whose father and mother we know?(EU) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(EV)

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,(EW) and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[i](EX) 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;(EY) only he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.(EZ) 48 I am the bread of life.(FA) 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.(FB) 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,(FC) which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread(FD) that came down from heaven.(FE) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(FF)

52 Then the Jews(FG) began to argue sharply among themselves,(FH) “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(FI) of the Son of Man(FJ) and drink his blood,(FK) 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.(FL) 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.(FM) 57 Just as the living Father sent me(FN) 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.”(FO) 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

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

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes

  1. John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used
  2. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
  3. John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
  4. John 5:39 Or 39 Study
  5. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
  6. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii
  7. John 6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers
  8. John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
  9. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
  10. John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit