Thematic Bible




John 6:1 (show verse)

After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.

John 6:2 (show verse)

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he performed on those who were diseased.

John 6:3 (show verse)

Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples.

John 6:4 (show verse)

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

John 6:5 (show verse)

Then Jesus lifted up his eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread, that these people may eat?"

John 6:6 (show verse)

But this he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

John 6:7 (show verse)

Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each one of them to have a little."

John 6:8 (show verse)

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

John 6:9 (show verse)

"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?"

John 6:10 (show verse)

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

John 6:11 (show verse)

Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.

John 6:12 (show verse)

And when they had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost."

John 6:13 (show verse)

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, left over by those who had eaten.

John 6:14 (show verse)

When the people saw the sign that Jesus did, they said, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world."

John 6:15 (show verse)

Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

John 6:16 (show verse)

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

John 6:17 (show verse)

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

John 6:18 (show verse)

The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing.

John 6:19 (show verse)

So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid.

John 6:20 (show verse)

But he said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid."

John 6:21 (show verse)

Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

John 6:22 (show verse)

On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

John 6:23 (show verse)

However, boats from Tiberias came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

John 6:24 (show verse)

So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they also got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

John 6:25 (show verse)

When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

John 6:26 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

John 6:27 (show verse)

Do not labor 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 has God the Father set his seal."

John 6:28 (show verse)

Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?"

John 6:29 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

John 6:30 (show verse)

So they said to him, "What sign will you perform then, that we may see it and believe you? What work will you do?

John 6:31 (show verse)

Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

John 6:32 (show verse)

Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

John 6:33 (show verse)

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

John 6:34 (show verse)

Then they said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always."

John 6:35 (show verse)

And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

John 6:36 (show verse)

But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

John 6:37 (show verse)

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out.

John 6:38 (show verse)

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 6:39 (show verse)

And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.

John 6:40 (show verse)

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

John 6:41 (show verse)

The Jews then began to murmur about him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven."

John 6:42 (show verse)

They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

John 6:43 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.

John 6:44 (show verse)

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

John 6:45 (show verse)

It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

John 6:46 (show verse)

Not that any one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.

John 6:47 (show verse)

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has everlasting life.

John 6:48 (show verse)

I am the bread of life.

John 6:49 (show verse)

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

John 6:50 (show verse)

This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.

John 6:51 (show verse)

I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."

John 6:52 (show verse)

Then the Jews began to argue among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

John 6:53 (show verse)

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 you.

John 6:54 (show verse)

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

John 6:55 (show verse)

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

John 6:56 (show verse)

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

John 6:57 (show verse)

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will live because of me.

John 6:58 (show verse)

This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live for ever."

John 6:59 (show verse)

This he said in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum.

John 6:60 (show verse)

Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"

John 6:61 (show verse)

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples complained about this, he said to them, "Does this offend you?

John 6:62 (show verse)

What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before?

John 6:63 (show verse)

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life.

John 6:64 (show verse)

But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray him.

John 6:65 (show verse)

And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

John 6:66 (show verse)

From this time many of his disciples went back and no longer walked with him.

John 6:67 (show verse)

Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?"

John 6:68 (show verse)

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 6:69 (show verse)

And we believe, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

John 6:70 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"

John 6:71 (show verse)

He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who was to betray him, though one of the twelve.