Thematic Bible




John 6:1 (show verse)

After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, to Tiberias).

John 6:2 (show verse)

A large crowd kept following him because they had seen the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

John 6:3 (show verse)

But Jesus went up on a hillside and sat down there with his disciples.

John 6:4 (show verse)

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

John 6:5 (show verse)

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?"

John 6:6 (show verse)

Jesus said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.

John 6:7 (show verse)

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

John 6:8 (show verse)

One of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, told him,

John 6:9 (show verse)

"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"

John 6:10 (show verse)

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass in that area, so they sat down, numbering about 5,000 men.

John 6:11 (show verse)

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were seated. He also distributed as much fish as they wanted.

John 6:12 (show verse)

When they were completely satisfied, Jesus told his disciples, "Collect the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted."

John 6:13 (show verse)

So they collected and filled twelve baskets full of pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

John 6:14 (show verse)

When the people saw the sign that he had done, they kept saying, "Truly this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!"

John 6:15 (show verse)

Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the hillside 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. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

John 6:18 (show verse)

A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was getting rough.

John 6:19 (show verse)

After they had rowed about 25 or 30 stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea toward their boat. They became terrified.

John 6:20 (show verse)

But he told them, "It is I. Stop being afraid!"

John 6:21 (show verse)

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

John 6:22 (show verse)

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves.

John 6:23 (show verse)

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

John 6:24 (show verse)

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

John 6:25 (show verse)

When they had found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

John 6:26 (show verse)

Jesus replied to them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.

John 6:27 (show verse)

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

John 6:28 (show verse)

Then they asked him, "What must we do to perform God's works?"

John 6:29 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "This is God's work: to believe in the one whom he has sent."

John 6:30 (show verse)

So they asked him, "What sign are you going to do so that we may see it and believe in you? What actions are you performing?

John 6:31 (show verse)

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

John 6:32 (show verse)

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.

John 6:33 (show verse)

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

John 6:34 (show verse)

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

John 6:35 (show verse)

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.

John 6:36 (show verse)

I told you that you have seen me, yet you don't believe.

John 6:37 (show verse)

Everything the Father gives me will come to me, and I'll never turn away the one who comes to me.

John 6:38 (show verse)

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

John 6:39 (show verse)

And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day.

John 6:40 (show verse)

This is my Father's will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

John 6:41 (show verse)

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

John 6:42 (show verse)

They kept saying, "This is Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn't it, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, "I have come down from heaven'?"

John 6:43 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling 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 to life on the last day.

John 6:45 (show verse)

It is written in the Prophets, "And all of them will be taught by God.' Everyone who has listened to the Father and has learned anything comes to me.

John 6:46 (show verse)

Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who comes from God. This one has seen the Father.

John 6:47 (show verse)

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me has eternal life.

John 6:48 (show verse)

I'm the bread of life.

John 6:49 (show verse)

Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness and died.

John 6:50 (show verse)

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

John 6:51 (show verse)

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."

John 6:52 (show verse)

Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

John 6:53 (show verse)

So Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.

John 6:54 (show verse)

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him to life on the last day,

John 6:55 (show verse)

because my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink.

John 6:56 (show verse)

The person who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

John 6:57 (show verse)

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

John 6:58 (show verse)

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."

John 6:59 (show verse)

He said this while teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.

John 6:60 (show verse)

When many of his disciples heard this, they said, "This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?"

John 6:61 (show verse)

But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, "Does this offend you?

John 6:62 (show verse)

What if you saw the Son of Man going up to the place where he was before?

John 6:63 (show verse)

It's the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I've spoken to you are spirit and life.

John 6:64 (show verse)

But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.

John 6:65 (show verse)

So he said, "That's why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father."

John 6:66 (show verse)

As a result, many of his disciples turned back and no longer associated with him.

John 6:67 (show verse)

So Jesus asked the Twelve, "You don't want to leave, too, do you?"

John 6:68 (show verse)

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

John 6:69 (show verse)

Besides, we have believed and remain convinced that you are the Holy One of God."

John 6:70 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "I chose you, the Twelve, didn't I? Yet one of you is a devil."

John 6:71 (show verse)

Now he was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, because this man was going to betray him, even though he was one of the Twelve.