In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.

It is the bridegroom who gets the bride, yet the bridegroom's friend, who merely stands by and listens for him, is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom's voice. That's why this joy of mine is now complete.

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?"

When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread isn't enough for each of them to have a little."

So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Then they told him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time."

Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.

Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

I'm the bread of life.

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

I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever."

But the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. After setting her before them,

So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind.

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: "The one who ate bread with me has turned against me.'

Jesus answered, "He is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish."

Then he took a piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. After he had taken the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus told him, "Do quickly what you are going to do!"

So Judas took the piece of bread, immediately went outside"and it was night.

When a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.

First they brought him to Annas, because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

Peter, however, stood outside the gate. So this other disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter inside.

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place called The Pavement, which in Hebrew is called Gabbatha.

When they arrived at the shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish lying on it, and some bread.

Jesus took the bread, gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.