John

¹After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee (or [also called] Tiberias). ²A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he accomplished on those who were sick. ³Jesus went up into the mountain and sat there with his disciples. ⁴Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. ⁵When Jesus looked up and saw that a great crowd was coming to him, he asked Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these [people] may eat?” ⁶But he said this to test Philip,¹⁰⁹⁰ for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii¹⁰⁹¹ worth of bread is not sufficient for them, so that every one of them might receive [even] a little!”

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ⁹”There is a boy here who has five barley loaves [of bread] and two fish, but what are these among so many?”

¹⁰And Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place; and so the men sat down, about five thousand in number. ¹¹Then Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, he distributed [them] to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; and [he did] likewise with the fish, as much as they desired. ¹²When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, so that nothing may be lost!”^{1092 13}And so, they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten. ¹⁴When the people saw the sign which Jesus had accomplished, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world!” ¹⁵Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force in order to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

The walking on water

¹⁶When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea ¹⁷where they got into the boat and headed across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not returned to them. ¹⁸Because a great wind was blowing, the sea became rough. ¹⁹After rowing about three or four miles,¹⁰⁹³ the disciples¹⁰⁹⁴ saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat. And they were frightened, ²⁰but Jesus said to them, “It is I!¹⁰⁹⁵ Do not be afraid!” ²¹At this, they were willing to receive him into the boat, and immediately, the boat reached the shore where they were going.

In the synagogue of Capernaum—The Bread of Life

²²On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, (except the one in which his disciples had embarked,¹⁰⁹⁶) and that Jesus had not entered with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples had gone away alone. ²³However, [a few] boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. ²⁴And so, when the multitude noticed that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to seek Jesus. ²⁵When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you arrive here?”

²⁶Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I tell you; you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied. ²⁷Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For the Father has sealed¹⁰⁹⁷ him—[even] God!”

²⁸As a result, they asked him, “What must we do, that we may accomplish the works of God?”

²⁹Jesus replied, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one whom he has sent!”

³⁰So they replied, “What then do you do for a sign, so that we may see and believe you? What work do you accomplish? ³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness! As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven¹⁰⁹⁸ to eat.’”¹⁰⁹⁹

³²Jesus therefore said to them, “Amen, amen, I tell you; it was not Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. ³³For the bread of God is what comes down out of heaven, and [it] gives life to the world.”

³⁴Then they said to him, “Lord, always give us this bread!”

³⁵Jesus told them, “I am the bread of life! The one who comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. ³⁶But I told you that you have seen me, and yet, you do not believe. ³⁷All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who is coming to me I will in no way reject.^{1100 38}For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but [to do] the will of the one who sent me. ³⁹This is the will of my Father who sent me: that of all he has given me, I should lose nothing, but raise it¹¹⁰¹ up on the last day. ⁴⁰And this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and this one¹¹⁰² I will raise up on the last day.”

⁴¹At this, the Jews began to murmur concerning him, because he had said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.” ⁴²They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’”

⁴³Therefore, Jesus answered them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and this one I will raise up on¹¹⁰³ the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’¹¹⁰⁴ Therefore, everyone who hears from the Father and has learned comes to me. ⁴⁶Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father! ⁴⁷Amen, amen, I tell you; the one who believes in me¹¹⁰⁵ has eternal life. ⁴⁸I am the bread of life! ⁴⁹Your ancestors¹¹⁰⁶ ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰This is the bread which comes down out of heaven. Its purpose is that anyone may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats of this bread will live forever!¹¹⁰⁷ Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

⁵²At this, the Jews disputed with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, “Amen, amen, I tell you; unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells¹¹⁰⁸ in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷As the living Father sent me, and [as] I live because of the Father, whoever eats¹¹⁰⁹ me will also live because of me. ⁵⁸This is the bread which came down out of heaven. Unlike your ancestors [who] ate the manna and [still] died, whoever eats this bread will live forever!” ⁵⁹He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

The disciple’s reactions—Betrayal foretold

⁶⁰Therefore, many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying!¹¹¹⁰ Who can listen to it?”

⁶¹But knowing in himself that his disciples grumbled at this, Jesus said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? ⁶²What then if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? ⁶³It is the spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and [they] are life. ⁶⁴But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him. ⁶⁵He said, “For this reason, I have told you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

⁶⁶At this, many of his disciples left¹¹¹¹ and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷Then Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?”

⁶⁸Then Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life! ⁶⁹We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”¹¹¹²

⁷⁰Jesus told them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And [yet] one of you is a devil!” ⁷¹Now he was speaking about Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the Twelve.

The Feast of Tabernacles

1090. Greek “him”
1091. About 6 to 8 months of a laborer’s wages
1092. Or “wasted”
1093. 25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles
1094. Greek “they”
1095. Or “I am”
1096. CT omits “in which his disciples had embarked”
1097. Sealing is connected with anointing (in this case high priestly anointing) as in the Orthodox rite of Chrismation.
1098. Greek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven,” “the heavens,” “the sky,” and “the air.”
1099. Psalm 78:24-25/77 LXX. NT agrees with LXX against MT. Also Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15
1100. Or “cast out”
1101. Or “him”—some looser translations have “them”
1102. Or “him”—some looser translations have “them”
1103. Or “in”
1104. Isaias 54:13
1105. CT omits “in me”
1106. Or “fathers”
1107. Or “If anyone eats of this bread, this one will live forever!”
1108. The Greek me,nei is also translated “abide(s)”
1109. The Greek trw,gwn means “eat, chew.” It is sometimes loosely translated “feed on.”
1110. Or “an offensive saying”
1111. Or “retreated”
1112. CT reads “the Holy [One] of God” based on P75, א, B, D, L, W. A few manuscripts read “the Christ, the Holy [One] of God” or “the Christ, the Son of God”