6Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),G3326G5023G2424G565G4008G2281G1056G50852and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.G2532G4183G3793G190G846G3754G3708G846G4592G3739G4160G1909G7703Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.G1161G2424G424G1519G3735G2532G1563G2521G3326G846G31014The Jewish Passover Feast was near.G1161G3957G1859G2453G2258G14515When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"G2424G3767G1869G3788G2532G2300G3754G4183G3793G2064G4314G846G3004G4314G5376G4159G59G740G2443G3778G53156He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.G1161G5124G3004G3985G846G1063G846G1492G5101G3195G41607Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"G5376G611G846G1250G1220G740G714G3756G714G846G2443G1538G846G2983G5100G10248Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,G1520G1537G846G3101G406G4613G4074G80G3004G8469"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"G2076G1520G3808G5602G3739G2192G4002G2916G740G2532G1417G3795G235G5101G2076G5023G1519G511810Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.G1161G2424G2036G4160G444G377G1161G2258G4183G5528G1722G5117G3767G435G377G706G5616G400011Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.G1161G2424G2983G740G2532G2168G1239G3101G1161G3101G345G2532G3668G1537G3795G3745G230912When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."G1161G5613G1705G3004G846G3101G4863G2801G4052G3363G5100G62213So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.G3767G4863G2532G1072G1427G2894G2801G1537G4002G2916G740G3739G4052G97714After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world."G3767G444G1492G4592G3739G2424G4160G3004G3754G3778G2076G230G4396G2064G1519G288915Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.G2424G3767G1097G3754G3195G2064G2532G726G846G726G2443G4160G846G935G402G3825G1519G3735G846G344116When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,G1161G5613G3798G1096G846G3101G2597G1909G228117where 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.G2532G1684G1519G4143G2064G4008G2281G1519G2584G2532G1096G2235G4653G2532G2424G2064G3756G2064G4314G84618A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough.G5037G2281G1326G3173G417G415419When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified.G3767G1643G5613G4002G1501G2228G5144G4712G2334G2424G4043G1909G2281G2532G1096G1451G4143G2532G539920But he said to them, "It is I; don't be afraid."G1161G3004G846G1510G1473G5399G3361G539921Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.G3767G2309G2983G846G1519G4143G2532G2112G4143G1096G1909G1093G1519G3739G521722The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake 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.G1887G3793G3588G2476G4008G2281G1492G3754G2258G3756G243G4142G1563G1508G1565G1520G1519G3739G846G3101G1684G2532G3754G2424G4897G3756G4897G846G3101G1519G4142G235G846G3101G565G344123Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.G235G1161G2064G243G4142G1537G5085G1451G5117G3699G5315G740G2962G216824Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.G3753G3793G3767G1492G3754G2424G2076G3756G1563G3761G846G3101G846G2532G1684G1519G4143G2532G2064G1519G2584G2212G242425When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"G2532G2147G846G4008G2281G2036G846G4461G4219G1096G560226Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.G2424G611G846G2532G2036G281G281G3004G5213G2212G3165G3756G3754G1492G4592G235G3754G5315G1537G740G2532G552627Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."G2038G3361G1035G3588G622G235G1035G3588G3306G1519G166G2222G3739G5207G444G1325G5213G1063G5126G4972G2316G3962G497228Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"G3767G2036G4314G846G5101G4160G4160G2443G2038G2041G231629Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G5124G2076G2041G2316G2443G4100G1519G3739G1565G64930So they asked him, "What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?G2036G3767G846G5101G4592G4160G4771G3767G2443G1492G2532G4100G4671G5101G203831Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"G2257G3962G5315G3131G1722G2048G2531G2076G1125G1325G846G740G1537G3772G531532Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, 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.G3767G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G3475G1325G5213G3756G740G1537G3772G235G3450G3962G1325G5213G228G740G1537G377233For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."G1063G740G2316G2076G3588G2597G1537G3772G2532G1325G2222G288934"Sir," they said, "from now on give us this bread."G3767G2036G4314G846G2962G3842G1325G2254G5126G74035Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.G1161G2424G2036G846G1473G1510G740G2222G2064G4314G3165G3364G3983G2532G4100G1519G1691G1372G3364G4455G137236But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.G235G2036G5213G3754G3708G2532G3708G3165G2532G4100G375637All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.G3956G3739G3962G1325G3427G2240G4314G1691G2532G2064G4314G3165G1544G3364G1544G185438For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.G3754G2597G1537G3772G3756G2443G4160G1699G2307G235G2307G3992G316539And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.G1161G5124G2076G3962G2307G3588G3992G3165G2443G3956G3739G1325G3427G622G3361G1537G846G235G450G846G450G1722G2078G225040For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."G1161G5124G2076G2307G3992G3165G2443G3956G3588G2334G5207G2532G4100G1519G846G2192G166G2222G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G225041At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."G2453G3767G1111G4012G846G3754G2036G1473G1510G740G3588G2597G1537G377242They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?"G2532G3004G2076G3756G3778G2424G5207G2501G3739G3962G2532G3384G2249G1492G4459G3767G3778G3004G3754G2597G1537G377243"Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered.G2424G3767G611G2532G2036G846G1111G3361G3326G24044"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.G3762G1410G2064G4314G3165G3362G3962G3588G3992G3165G1670G846G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G225045It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.G2076G1125G1722G4396G2532G2071G3956G1318G2316G3956G3767G191G2532G3129G3844G3962G2064G4314G316546No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.G3756G3754G5100G3708G3962G1508G3588G3844G5607G2316G3778G3708G396247I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.G281G281G3004G5213G4100G1519G1691G2192G166G222248I am the bread of life.G1473G1510G740G222249Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died.G5216G3962G5315G3131G1722G2048G2532G59950But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die.G3778G2076G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G3363G5100G5315G1537G846G2532G3363G59951I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."G1473G1510G2198G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G1437G5100G5315G1537G5127G740G2198G1519G165G1161G2532G740G3739G1473G1325G2076G3450G4561G3739G1473G1325G5228G2222G288952Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"G2453G3767G3164G4314G240G3004G4459G1410G3778G1325G2254G4561G531553Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.G3767G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G3362G5315G4561G5207G444G2532G4095G846G129G2192G3756G2222G1722G143854Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.G5176G3450G4561G2532G4095G3450G129G2192G166G2222G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G225055For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.G1063G3450G4561G2076G1035G230G2532G3450G129G2076G4213G23056Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.G5176G3450G4561G2532G4095G3450G129G3306G1722G1698G2504G1722G84657Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.G2531G2198G3962G649G3165G2504G2198G1223G3962G2532G5176G3165G2548G2198G1223G169158This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever."G3778G2076G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G3756G2531G5216G3962G5315G3131G2532G599G5176G5126G740G2198G1519G16559He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.G5023G2036G1722G4864G1321G1722G258460On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?"G4183G3767G1537G846G3101G191G2036G3778G2076G4642G3056G5101G1410G191G84661Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, "Does this offend you?G1161G2424G1492G1722G1438G3754G846G3101G1111G4012G5127G2036G846G5124G4624G520962What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!G3767G1437G2334G5207G444G305G3699G2258G438663The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.G2076G4151G2227G4561G3756G5623G3762G4487G3739G1473G2980G5213G2076G4151G2532G2076G222264Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.G235G1526G5100G1537G5216G3739G4100G3756G1063G2424G1492G1537G746G5101G1526G4100G3361G2532G5101G2076G3860G84665He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him."G2532G3004G1223G5124G2046G5213G3754G3762G1410G2064G4314G3165G3362G5600G1325G846G1537G3450G396266From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.G1537G5127G4183G846G3101G565G1519G3694G2532G4043G3765G3326G84667"You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve.G3767G2036G2424G1427G3361G2309G5210G2532G521768Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.G3767G4613G4074G611G846G2962G4314G5101G565G2192G4487G166G222269We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."G2532G2249G4100G2532G1097G3754G4771G1488G5547G5207G2198G231670Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!"G2424G611G846G1586G3756G1473G1586G5209G1427G2532G1520G1537G5216G2076G122871(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)G1161G3004G2455G2469G4613G1063G3778G3195G3860G846G5607G1520G1537G1427