Thematic Bible
John 6:1 (show verse)
After these [things] Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee (that is, Tiberias).
John 6:2 (show verse)
And a large crowd was following him because they were observing the signs that he was doing on those who were sick.
John 6:3 (show verse)
So Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down there 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, when he looked up} and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these [people] can eat?"
John 6:6 (show verse)
(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)
John 6:7 (show verse)
Philip replied to him, "Two hundred denarii [worth of] bread would not be enough for them, in order that each one could receive a little."
John 6:8 (show verse)
One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,
John 6:9 (show verse)
"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many [people]?"
John 6:10 (show verse)
Jesus said, "Make the people recline." (Now [there] was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men reclined, approximately five thousand [in] number.
John 6:11 (show verse)
Then Jesus took the bread, and [after he] had given thanks, he distributed [it] to those who were reclining--likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.
John 6:12 (show verse)
And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather the remaining fragments so that nothing is lost."
John 6:13 (show verse)
So they gathered [them], and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
John 6:14 (show verse)
Now [when] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say, "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"
John 6:15 (show verse)
Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.
John 6:16 (show verse)
Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.
John 6:17 (show verse)
And getting into a boat, they began to go to the other side of the sea, to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
John 6:18 (show verse)
And the sea began to be stirred up [because] a strong wind was blowing.
John 6:19 (show verse)
Then [when they] had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming 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)
So they were wanting to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land to which they were going.
John 6:22 (show verse)
On the next day, the crowd that was on the other side of the sea saw that other boats were not there (except one), and that Jesus had not entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had departed alone.
John 6:23 (show verse)
Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread [after] the Lord had given thanks.
John 6:24 (show verse)
So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.
John 6:25 (show verse)
And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
John 6:26 (show verse)
Jesus replied to them and said, "Truly, truly I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied!
John 6:27 (show verse)
Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."
John 6:28 (show verse)
So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"
John 6:29 (show verse)
Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God: that you believe in [the one] whom that one sent."
John 6:30 (show verse)
So they said to him, "Then what sign will you perform, so that we can see [it] and believe you? What will you do?
John 6:31 (show verse)
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'
John 6:32 (show verse)
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven!
John 6:33 (show verse)
For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
John 6:34 (show verse)
So they said to him, "Sir, always give us this bread!"
John 6:35 (show verse)
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again.
John 6:36 (show verse)
But I said to you that you have seen me and do not believe.
John 6:37 (show verse)
Everyone whom the Father gives to me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never throw out,
John 6:38 (show verse)
because I have come down from heaven not that I should do my will, but the will of the one who sent me.
John 6:39 (show verse)
Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.
John 6:40 (show verse)
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
John 6:41 (show verse)
Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"
John 6:42 (show verse)
and they were saying, "Is this one not 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 and said to them, "Do not grumble {among yourselves}!
John 6:44 (show verse)
No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:45 (show verse)
It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.
John 6:46 (show verse)
(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God--this one has seen the Father.)
John 6:47 (show verse)
Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes has eternal 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 that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die.
John 6:51 (show verse)
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he will live {forever}. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
John 6:52 (show verse)
So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
John 6:53 (show verse)
Then 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 do not have life in yourselves!
John 6:54 (show verse)
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:55 (show verse)
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
John 6:56 (show verse)
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides 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] also the one who eats me--that one will live because of me.
John 6:58 (show verse)
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live {forever}."
John 6:59 (show verse)
He said these [things] [while] teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
John 6:60 (show verse)
Thus many of his disciples, [when they] heard [it], said, "This saying is hard! Who can understand it?"
John 6:61 (show verse)
But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?
John 6:62 (show verse)
Then [what] if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?
John 6:63 (show verse)
The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and 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 it was who would betray him.)
John 6:65 (show verse)
And he said, "Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."
John 6:66 (show verse)
For this [reason] many of his disciples {drew back} and were not walking with him any longer.
John 6:67 (show verse)
So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, [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)
And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."
John 6:70 (show verse)
Jesus replied to them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is the devil?"
John 6:71 (show verse)
(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)