John 6:25-59
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25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi,(A) when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw[a] the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled. 27 Don’t work for the food that perishes(B) but for the food that lasts for eternal life,(C) which the Son of Man(D) will give you, because God the Father(E) has set his seal of approval on him.”
28 “What can we do to perform the works of God?” they asked.
29 Jesus replied, “This is the work(F) of God—that you believe in the one he has sent.”(G)
30 “What sign, then, are you going to do so that we may see and believe you?” they asked. “What are you going to perform? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna(H) in the wilderness,(I) just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”[b](J)
32 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, Moses(K) didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 Then they said, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
35 “I am(L) the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me(M) will ever be hungry,(N) and no one who believes in me(O) will ever be thirsty(P) again. 36 But as I told you, you’ve seen me,[c] and yet you do not believe. 37 Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.(Q) 38 For I have come down from heaven,(R) not to do my own will, but the will of him(S) who sent me. 39 This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise(T) them up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father: (U) that everyone who sees the Son(V) and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise(W) him up on the last day.”
41 Therefore the Jews started grumbling about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They were saying, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph,(X) whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
43 Jesus answered them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws[d] him, and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: (Y) And they will all be taught by God.[e](Z) Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father(AA) comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father(AB) except the one who is from God.(AC) He has seen the Father.(AD)
47 “Truly I tell you, anyone who believes[f] has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna(AE) in the wilderness,(AF) and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die.(AG) 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live(AH) forever.(AI) The bread that I will give for the life(AJ) of the world is my flesh.”(AK)
52 At that, the Jews argued(AL) among themselves,(AM) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man(AN) and drink his blood,(AO) you do not have life in yourselves. 54 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood(AP) has eternal life, and I will raise(AQ) him up on the last day, 55 because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. 56 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.(AR) 57 Just as the living(AS) Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live(AT) because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna[g] your ancestors ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”(AU)
59 He said these things while teaching in the synagogue(AV) in Capernaum.(AW)
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John 6:25-59
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25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
Bread of life
26 Jesus replied, “I assure you that you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate all the food you wanted. 27 Don’t work for the food that doesn’t last but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Human One[a] will give you. God the Father has confirmed him as his agent to give life.”
28 They asked, “What must we do in order to accomplish what God requires?”
29 Jesus replied, “This is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.”
30 They asked, “What miraculous sign will you do, that we can see and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”[b]
32 Jesus told them, “I assure you, it wasn’t Moses who gave the bread from heaven to you, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 They said, “Sir,[c] give us this bread all the time!”
35 Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But I told you that you have seen me and still don’t believe. 37 Everyone whom the Father gives to me will come to me, and I won’t send away anyone who comes to me. 38 I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 This is the will of the one who sent me, that I won’t lose anything he has given me, but I will raise it up at the last day. 40 This is my Father’s will: that all who see the Son and believe in him will have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
41 The Jewish opposition grumbled about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
42 They asked, “Isn’t this Jesus, Joseph’s son, whose mother and father we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
43 Jesus responded, “Don’t grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless they are drawn to me by the Father who sent me, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, And they will all be taught by God.[d] Everyone who has listened to the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God. He has seen the Father. 47 I assure you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that whoever eats from it will never die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52 Then the Jews debated among themselves, asking, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus said to them, “I assure you, unless you eat the flesh of the Human One[e] and drink his blood, 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. 55 My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in them. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me lives because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. It isn’t like the bread your ancestors ate, and then they died. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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