6After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias).G3326G5023G2424G565G4008G2281G1056G50852A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick.G2532G4183G3793G190G846G3754G3708G846G4592G3739G4160G1909G7703When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples.G1161G2424G424G1519G3735G2532G1563G2521G3326G846G31014It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews.G1161G3957G1859G2453G2258G14515When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread to feed these people?"G2424G3767G1869G3788G2532G2300G3754G4183G3793G2064G4314G846G3004G4314G5376G4159G59G740G2443G3778G53156He said this to stretch Philip's faith. He already knew what he was going to do.G1161G5124G3004G3985G846G1063G846G1492G5101G3195G41607Philip answered, "Two hundred silver pieces wouldn't be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece."G5376G611G846G1250G1220G740G714G3756G714G846G2443G1538G846G2983G5100G10248One of the disciples—it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peter—said,G1520G1537G846G3101G406G4613G4074G80G3004G8469"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that's a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this."G2076G1520G3808G5602G3739G2192G4002G2916G740G2532G1417G3795G235G5101G2076G5023G1519G511810Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them.G1161G2424G2036G4160G444G377G1161G2258G4183G5528G1722G5117G3767G435G377G706G5616G400011Then Jesus took the bread and, having given thanks, gave it to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All ate as much as they wanted.G1161G2424G2983G740G2532G2168G1239G3101G1161G3101G345G2532G3668G1537G3795G3745G230912When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted."G1161G5613G1705G3004G846G3101G4863G2801G4052G3363G5100G62213They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves.G3767G4863G2532G1072G1427G2894G2801G1537G4002G2916G740G3739G4052G97714The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had just done. They said, "This is the Prophet for sure, God's Prophet right here in Galilee!"G3767G444G1492G4592G3739G2424G4160G3004G3754G3778G2076G230G4396G2064G1519G288915Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself.G2424G3767G1097G3754G3195G2064G2532G726G846G726G2443G4160G846G935G402G3825G1519G3735G846G344116In the evening his disciples went down to the sea,G1161G5613G3798G1096G846G3101G2597G1909G228117got in the boat, and headed back across the water to Capernaum. It had grown quite dark and Jesus had not yet returned.G2532G1684G1519G4143G2064G4008G2281G1519G2584G2532G1096G2235G4653G2532G2424G2064G3756G2064G4314G84618A huge wind blew up, churning the sea.G5037G2281G1326G3173G417G415419They were maybe three or four miles out when they saw Jesus walking on the sea, quite near the boat. They were scared senseless,G3767G1643G5613G4002G1501G2228G5144G4712G2334G2424G4043G1909G2281G2532G1096G1451G4143G2532G539920but he reassured them, "It's me. It's all right. Don't be afraid."G1161G3004G846G1510G1473G5399G3361G539921So they took him on board. In no time they reached land—the exact spot they were headed to.G3767G2309G2983G846G1519G4143G2532G2112G4143G1096G1909G1093G1519G3739G521722The next day the crowd that was left behind realized that there had been only one boat, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with his disciples. They had seen them go off without him.G1887G3793G3588G2476G4008G2281G1492G3754G2258G3756G243G4142G1563G1508G1565G1520G1519G3739G846G3101G1684G2532G3754G2424G4897G3756G4897G846G3101G1519G4142G235G846G3101G565G344123By now boats from Tiberias had pulled up near where they had eaten the bread blessed by the Master.G235G1161G2064G243G4142G1537G5085G1451G5117G3699G5315G740G2962G216824So when the crowd realized he was gone and wasn't coming back, they piled into the Tiberias boats and headed for Capernaum, looking for Jesus.G3753G3793G3767G1492G3754G2424G2076G3756G1563G3761G846G3101G846G2532G1684G1519G4143G2532G2064G1519G2584G2212G242425When they found him back across the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"G2532G2147G846G4008G2281G2036G846G4461G4219G1096G560226Jesus answered, "You've come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs—and for free.G2424G611G846G2532G2036G281G281G3004G5213G2212G3165G3756G3754G1492G4592G235G3754G5315G1537G740G2532G552627"Don't waste your energy striving for perishable food like that. Work for the food that sticks with you, food that nourishes your lasting life, food the Son of Man provides. He and what he does are guaranteed by God the Father to last."G2038G3361G1035G3588G622G235G1035G3588G3306G1519G166G2222G3739G5207G444G1325G5213G1063G5126G4972G2316G3962G497228To that they said, "Well, what do we do then to get in on God's works?"G3767G2036G4314G846G5101G4160G4160G2443G2038G2041G231629Jesus said, "Throw your lot in with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God's works."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G5124G2076G2041G2316G2443G4100G1519G3739G1565G64930They waffled: "Why don't you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what's going on? When we see what's up, we'll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do.G2036G3767G846G5101G4592G4160G4771G3767G2443G1492G2532G4100G4671G5101G203831Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"G2257G3962G5315G3131G1722G2048G2531G2076G1125G1325G846G740G1537G3772G531532Jesus responded, "The real significance of that Scripture is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread.G3767G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G3475G1325G5213G3756G740G1537G3772G235G3450G3962G1325G5213G228G740G1537G377233The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world."G1063G740G2316G2076G3588G2597G1537G3772G2532G1325G2222G288934They jumped at that: "Master, give us this bread, now and forever!"G3767G2036G4314G846G2962G3842G1325G2254G5126G74035Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.G1161G2424G2036G846G1473G1510G740G2222G2064G4314G3165G3364G3983G2532G4100G1519G1691G1372G3364G4455G137236I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don't really believe me.G235G2036G5213G3754G3708G2532G3708G3165G2532G4100G375637Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don't let go.G3956G3739G3962G1325G3427G2240G4314G1691G2532G2064G4314G3165G1544G3364G1544G185438I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me.G3754G2597G1537G3772G3756G2443G4160G1699G2307G235G2307G3992G316539"This, in a nutshell, is that will: that everything handed over to me by the Father be completed—not a single detail missed—and at the wrap-up of time I have everything and everyone put together, upright and whole.G1161G5124G2076G3962G2307G3588G3992G3165G2443G3956G3739G1325G3427G622G3361G1537G846G235G450G846G450G1722G2078G225040This is what my Father wants: that anyone who sees the Son and trusts who he is and what he does and then aligns with him will enter real life, eternal life. My part is to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time."G1161G5124G2076G2307G3992G3165G2443G3956G3588G2334G5207G2532G4100G1519G846G2192G166G2222G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G225041At this, because he said, "I am the Bread that came down from heaven," the Jews started arguing over him:G2453G3767G1111G4012G846G3754G2036G1473G1510G740G3588G2597G1537G377242"Isn't this the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father? Don't we know his mother? How can he now say, 'I came down out of heaven' and expect anyone to believe him?"G2532G3004G2076G3756G3778G2424G5207G2501G3739G3962G2532G3384G2249G1492G4459G3767G3778G3004G3754G2597G1537G377243Jesus said, "Don't bicker among yourselves over me.G2424G3767G611G2532G2036G846G1111G3361G3326G24044You're not in charge here. The Father who sent me is in charge. He draws people to me—that's the only way you'll ever come. Only then do I do my work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for the End.G3762G1410G2064G4314G3165G3362G3962G3588G3992G3165G1670G846G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G225045This is what the prophets meant when they wrote, 'And then they will all be personally taught by God.' Anyone who has spent any time at all listening to the Father, really listening and therefore learning, comes to me to be taught personally—to see it with his own eyes, hear it with his own ears, from me, since I have it firsthand from the Father.G2076G1125G1722G4396G2532G2071G3956G1318G2316G3956G3767G191G2532G3129G3844G3962G2064G4314G316546No one has seen the Father except the One who has his Being alongside the Father—and you can see me.G3756G3754G5100G3708G3962G1508G3588G3844G5607G2316G3778G3708G396247"I'm telling you the most solemn and sober truth now: Whoever believes in me has real life, eternal life.G281G281G3004G5213G4100G1519G1691G2192G166G222248I am the Bread of Life.G1473G1510G740G222249Your ancestors ate the manna bread in the desert and died.G5216G3962G5315G3131G1722G2048G2532G59950But now here is Bread that truly comes down out of heaven. Anyone eating this Bread will not die, ever.G3778G2076G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G3363G5100G5315G1537G846G2532G3363G59951I am the Bread—living Bread!—who came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats this Bread will live—and forever! The Bread that I present to the world so that it can eat and live is myself, this flesh-and-blood self."G1473G1510G2198G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G1437G5100G5315G1537G5127G740G2198G1519G165G1161G2532G740G3739G1473G1325G2076G3450G4561G3739G1473G1325G5228G2222G288952At this, the Jews started fighting among themselves: "How can this man serve up his flesh for a meal?"G2453G3767G3164G4314G240G3004G4459G1410G3778G1325G2254G4561G531553But Jesus didn't give an inch. "Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you.G3767G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G3362G5315G4561G5207G444G2532G4095G846G129G2192G3756G2222G1722G143854The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day.G5176G3450G4561G2532G4095G3450G129G2192G166G2222G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G225055My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.G1063G3450G4561G2076G1035G230G2532G3450G129G2076G4213G23056By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you.G5176G3450G4561G2532G4095G3450G129G3306G1722G1698G2504G1722G84657In the same way that the fully alive Father sent me here and I live because of him, so the one who makes a meal of me lives because of me.G2531G2198G3962G649G3165G2504G2198G1223G3962G2532G5176G3165G2548G2198G1223G169158This is the Bread from heaven. Your ancestors ate bread and later died. Whoever eats this Bread will live always."G3778G2076G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G3756G2531G5216G3962G5315G3131G2532G599G5176G5126G740G2198G1519G16559He said these things while teaching in the meeting place in Capernaum.G5023G2036G1722G4864G1321G1722G258460Many among his disciples heard this and said, "This is tough teaching, too tough to swallow."G4183G3767G1537G846G3101G191G2036G3778G2076G4642G3056G5101G1410G191G84661Jesus sensed that his disciples were having a hard time with this and said, "Does this throw you completely?G1161G2424G1492G1722G1438G3754G846G3101G1111G4012G5127G2036G846G5124G4624G520962What would happen if you saw the Son of Man ascending to where he came from?G3767G1437G2334G5207G444G305G3699G2258G438663The Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don't make anything happen. Every word I've spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is life-making.G2076G4151G2227G4561G3756G5623G3762G4487G3739G1473G2980G5213G2076G4151G2532G2076G222264But some of you are resisting, refusing to have any part in this." (Jesus knew from the start that some weren't going to risk themselves with him. He knew also who would betray him.)G235G1526G5100G1537G5216G3739G4100G3756G1063G2424G1492G1537G746G5101G1526G4100G3361G2532G5101G2076G3860G84665He went on to say, "This is why I told you earlier that no one is capable of coming to me on his own. You get to me only as a gift from the Father."G2532G3004G1223G5124G2046G5213G3754G3762G1410G2064G4314G3165G3362G5600G1325G846G1537G3450G396266After this a lot of his disciples left. They no longer wanted to be associated with him.G1537G5127G4183G846G3101G565G1519G3694G2532G4043G3765G3326G84667Then Jesus gave the Twelve their chance: "Do you also want to leave?"G3767G2036G2424G1427G3361G2309G5210G2532G521768Peter replied, "Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life.G3767G4613G4074G611G846G2962G4314G5101G565G2192G4487G166G222269We've already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God."G2532G2249G4100G2532G1097G3754G4771G1488G5547G5207G2198G231670Jesus responded, "Haven't I handpicked you, the Twelve? Still, one of you is a devil!"G2424G611G846G1586G3756G1473G1586G5209G1427G2532G1520G1537G5216G2076G122871He was referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. This man—one from the Twelve!—was even then getting ready to betray him.G1161G3004G2455G2469G4613G1063G3778G3195G3860G846G5607G1520G1537G1427
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