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John 6

Five Thousand Fed

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After these things  aJesus went away to the other side of  bthe Sea of Galilee (or  cTiberias).

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A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the  1 asigns which He was performing on those who were sick.

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Then  aJesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.

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Now  athe Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

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Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to  aPhilip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?"

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This He was saying to  atest him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

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 aPhilip answered Him, " bTwo hundred  1denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little."

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One of His  adisciples,  bAndrew, Simon Peter's brother, *said to Him,

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"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two  afish, but what are these for so many people?"

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Jesus said, "Have the people  1sit down." Now there was  amuch grass in the place. So the men  1sat down, in number about  bfive thousand.

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Jesus then took the loaves, and  ahaving given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the  bfish as much as they wanted.

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When they were filled, He *said to His  adisciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost."

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So they gathered them up, and filled twelve  abaskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

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Therefore when the people saw the  1sign which He had performed, they said, "This is truly the  aProphet who is to come into the world."

Jesus Walks on the Water

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So Jesus, perceiving that they were  1intending to come and take Him by force  ato make Him king,  bwithdrew again to  cthe mountain by Himself alone.

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Now when evening came, His  adisciples went down to the sea,

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

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The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

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Then, when they had rowed about  1three or four miles, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

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But He *said to them, "It is I;  1 ado not be afraid."

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So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

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

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There came other small boats from  aTiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the  bLord  chad given thanks.

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So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and  acame to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

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

Words to the People

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Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you  aseek Me, not because you saw  bsigns, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

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"Do not  awork for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to  beternal life, which  cthe Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God,  dhas set His seal."

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

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Jesus answered and said to them, "This is  athe work of God, that you believe in Him whom He  bhas sent."

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So they said to Him, " aWhat then do You do for a  bsign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

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aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ` bHE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.' "

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Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

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"For the bread of God is  1that which  acomes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

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Then they said to Him, "Lord, always  agive us this bread."

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Jesus said to them, aI am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me  bwill never thirst.

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"But  aI said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

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aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.

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"For  aI have come down from heaven,  bnot to do My own will, but  cthe will of Him who  dsent Me.

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"This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of  aall that He has given Me I  blose nothing, but  craise it up on the last day.

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"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who  abeholds the Son and  bbelieves in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will  craise him up on the last day."

Words to the Jews

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 aTherefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that  bcame down out of heaven."

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They were saying, " aIs not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother  bwe know? How does He now say, cI have come down out of heaven'?"

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

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"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me  adraws him; and I will  braise him up on the last day.

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"It is written  ain the prophets, ` bAND THEY SHALL ALL BE  cTAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

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aNot that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

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"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes  ahas eternal life.

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aI am the bread of life.

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aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

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"This is the bread which  acomes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and  bnot die.

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aI am the living bread that  bcame down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread,  che will live forever; and the bread also which I will give  dfor the life of the world is  eMy flesh."

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 aThen the Jews  bbegan to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?"

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

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

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"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

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"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood  aabides in Me, and I in him.

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"As the  aliving Father  bsent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

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"This is the bread which  acame down out of heaven; not as  bthe fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread  cwill live forever."

Words to the Disciples

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These things He said  ain the synagogue as He taught  bin Capernaum.

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Therefore many of His  adisciples, when they heard this said, " bThis is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

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But Jesus,  aconscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this  bcause you to stumble?

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"What then if you see  athe Son of Man  bascending to where He was before?

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aIt is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing;  bthe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

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"But there are  asome of you who do not believe." For Jesus  bknew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and  cwho it was that would  1betray Him.

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And He was saying, "For this reason I have  asaid to you, that no one can come to Me unless  bit has been granted him from the Father."

Peter's Confession of Faith

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As a result of this many of His  adisciples  bwithdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.

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So Jesus said to  athe twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"

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 aSimon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have  bwords of eternal life.

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"We have believed and have come to know that You are  athe Holy One of God."

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Jesus answered them, aDid I Myself not choose you,  bthe twelve, and yet one of you is  ca devil?"

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Now He meant Judas  athe son of Simon Iscariot, for he,  bone of  cthe twelve,  1was going to betray Him.



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