John 5:31-6:14

Evangelical Heritage Version

³¹ “If I were to testify about myself, my testimony would not be valid. ³² There is another who testifies about me, and I know that his testimony about me is valid. ³³ You sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴ The testimony I receive is not from man, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ John was a lamp that was shining brightly, and for a while you wanted to enjoy his light. ³⁶ But I have testimony greater than John’s. For the works that the Father gave me to carry out, the very works that I am doing, these testify about me that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ The Father who sent me—he is the one who has testified about me. You have never heard his voice or seen his form. ³⁸ And you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe the one he sent. ³⁹ You search the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them. They testify about me! ⁴⁰ And yet you do not want to come to me in order to have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept honor from people. ⁴² But I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God within you. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, yet you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe while you continue to accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

⁴⁵ “Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe what I say?”

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

6 After this, Jesus crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias). ² A large crowd followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he was performing on those who were sick. ³ Jesus went up on the hillside and sat down there with his disciples. ⁴ The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

⁵ When Jesus looked up and saw a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” ⁶ But Jesus was saying this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

⁷ Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii^[a] worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to have just a little.”

⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ⁹ “There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what is that for so many people?”

¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. There were about five thousand men.

¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves and, after giving thanks, he distributed pieces to those who were seated. He also did the same with the fish—as much as they wanted.

¹² When the people were full, he told his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted.” ¹³ So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴ When the people saw the miraculous sign Jesus did, they said, “This really is the Prophet who is coming into the world.”