6:1  After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

6:2  A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He had performed on those who fell sick.

6:3  Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.

6:4  Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, drew near.

6:5  Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd had come to Him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread, so that these may eat?"

6:6  This He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He had intended to do.

6:7  Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread does not seem sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little."

6:8  One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

6:9  "There comes a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what do these amount to for so many people?"

6:10  Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there grew much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

6:11  Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to those who seated themselves; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted.

6:12  When they had become filled, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will become lost."

6:13  So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which those who ate them had left over.

6:14  Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, "We have truly seen the Prophet who came into the world."

6:15  So Jesus, perceiving that they intended to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.

6:16  Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

6:17  and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

6:18  The sea began to stir up because a strong wind blew.

6:19  Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they all became frightened.

6:20  But He said to them, "I have returned; do not fear."

6:21  So they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land to which they had gone.

6:22  The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that no other small boat had come there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

6:23  There came other small boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

6:24  So when the crowd saw that Jesus had not come there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

6:25  When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You get here?"

6:26  Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and became filled.

6:27  "Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

6:28  Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?"

6:29  Jesus answered and said to them, "This constitutes the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."

6:30  So they said to Him, "What then do You do for a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

6:31  "Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as the scriptures say, 'HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.'"

6:32  Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

6:33  "For the bread of God comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

6:34  Then they said to Him, "Lord, always give us this bread."

6:35  Jesus said to them, "I present myself as the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

6:36  "But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

6:37  "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.

6:38  "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

6:39  "This constitutes the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.

6:40  "For this constitutes the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

6:41  Therefore the Jews who grumbled about Him, because He said, "I constitute the bread that came down out of heaven."

6:42  They said, "Do we not know this Jesus as the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

6:43  Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

6:44  "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

6:45  "The scriptures said in the prophets, 'AND GOD SHALL TEACH THEM.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

6:46  "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who has come from God; He has seen the Father.

6:47  "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.

6:48  "I constitute the bread of life.

6:49  "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

6:50  "This bread comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

6:51  "I constitute the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world represents My flesh."

6:52  Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?"

6:53  So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

6:54  "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

6:55  "For My flesh constitutes true food, and My blood constitutes true drink.

6:56  "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

6:57  "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

6:58  "This constitutes the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever."

6:59  These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

6:60  Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This sounds like a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

6:61  But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?

6:62  "What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He had come from?

6:63  " The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you constitute spirit and life.

6:64  "But some of you do not believe " For Jesus knew from the beginning who did not believe, and who would betray Him.

6:65  And He said, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless the Father granted it."

6:66  As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and did not walk with Him anymore.

6:67  So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"

6:68  Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.

6:69  "We have believed and have come to acknowledge Him as the Holy One of God."

6:70  Jesus answered them, "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you has become a devil?"

6:71  Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, had plans to betray Him.