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The Bread of Life

John 6:25–59

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25

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

And when they had crossed the sea and found him, they said to him, “When did you get here, Master?”

26

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

Jesus answered, “I tell you, it is not because of the signs you have seen that you have come in search of me, but because you ate that bread and had all you wanted of it.

27

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so.”

28

Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

Then they said to him, “What must we do to carry out God’s work?”

29

Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

Jesus answered them, “The work God has for you is to believe in the messenger that he has sent to you.”

30

So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?

Then they said to him, “Then what sign do you show for us to see and so come to believe you? What work are you doing?

31

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

Our forefathers in the desert had manna to eat; as the Scripture says, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat!’ ”

32

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

Jesus said to them, “I tell you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the bread out of heaven,

33

For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

for it is God’s bread that comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.”

34

“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”

Then they said to him, “Give us that bread always, sir!”

35

Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread that gives life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty.

36

But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.

But as I have told you, although you have seen me, you will not believe.

37

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never refuse anyone who comes to me,

38

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

for I have come down from heaven not to do what I please but what pleases him who has sent me.

39

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

And the purpose of him who has sent me is this, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise them to life on the Last Day.

40

For it is My Father’s will 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.”

For it is the purpose of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the Last Day.”

41

At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

The Jews complained of him for saying, “I am the bread that has come out of heaven,”

42

They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”

and they said, “Is he not Joseph’s son, Jesus, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”

43

“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.

Jesus answered, “Do not complain to one another.

44

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; then I myself will raise him to life on the Last Day.

45

It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

In the prophets it is written, ‘And all men will be taught by God!’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.

46

not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.

47

Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

I tell you, whoever believes already possesses eternal life.

48

I am the bread of life.

I am the bread that gives life.

49

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

Your forefathers in the desert ate the manna and yet they died.

50

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

But here is bread that comes down out of heaven, and no one who eats it will ever die.

51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the world’s life is my own flesh!”

52

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

This led the Jews to dispute with one another. They said, “How can he give us his flesh to eat?”

53

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

Then Jesus said to them, “I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no self-existent life.

54

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the Last Day.

55

For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

56

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood remains united to me and I remain united to him.

57

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who lives on me will live because of me.

58

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

This is the bread that has come down out of heaven—not like that which your forefathers ate and yet died. Whoever lives on this bread will live forever.”

59

Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Jesus said all this while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.

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