Thematic Bible
John 6:1 (show verse)
After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, the Sea of Tiberias.
John 6:2 (show verse)
And a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His miracles which He did on the sick ones.
John 6:3 (show verse)
And Jesus went up into a mountain and sat there with His disciples.
John 6:4 (show verse)
And the Passover was near, a feast of the Jews.
John 6:5 (show verse)
Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and saw a great crowd come to Him. He said to Philip, Where shall we buy loaves so that these may eat?
John 6:6 (show verse)
And He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
John 6:7 (show verse)
Philip answered Him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not enough for them, that every one may take 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 boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are these among so many?
John 6:10 (show verse)
And Jesus said, Make the men recline. And there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
John 6:11 (show verse)
And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who had reclined; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.
John 6:12 (show verse)
And when they were filled, He said to His disciples, Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing is lost.
John 6:13 (show verse)
Therefore they gathered and filled twelve handbaskets with fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over to those who had eaten.
John 6:14 (show verse)
Then seeing the miracle that Jesus did, those men said, This is truly the Prophet, the One coming into the world.
John 6:15 (show verse)
Therefore when Jesus perceived that they would come and take Him by force, that they might make Him a king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain alone by Himself.
John 6:16 (show verse)
And when evening had come, the disciples went down to the sea
John 6:17 (show verse)
and entered into a boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
John 6:18 (show verse)
And the sea rose up because of a great wind that blew.
John 6:19 (show verse)
Then having rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the ship. And they were afraid.
John 6:20 (show verse)
But He said to them, I AM! Do not be afraid.
John 6:21 (show verse)
Then they willingly received Him into the boat. And immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
John 6:22 (show verse)
The following day, the crowd standing on the other side of the sea had seen that there was no other little boat there except that one into which His disciples had entered, and when they saw that Jesus did not go with His disciples into the little boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone,
John 6:23 (show verse)
(however, other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they ate the loaves, the Lord having given thanks),
John 6:24 (show verse)
therefore, when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves also entered into the boats and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.
John 6:25 (show verse)
And when they had 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 and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek Me not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
John 6:27 (show verse)
Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.
John 6:28 (show verse)
Then they said to Him, What shall we do that we might work the works of God?
John 6:29 (show verse)
Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe on Him whom He has sent.
John 6:30 (show verse)
Therefore they said to Him, What sign do you show then, so that we may see and believe you? What do you work?
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)
Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you that 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, evermore give us this bread.
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 on Me shall never thirst.
John 6:36 (show verse)
But I said to you that you also have seen Me and do not believe.
John 6:37 (show verse)
All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will in no way cast out.
John 6:38 (show verse)
For I came 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 the Father who sent Me, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day.
John 6:40 (show verse)
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes on Him should have everlasting life. And I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:41 (show verse)
Then the Jews murmured about Him, because He said, I am the bread which came down from Heaven.
John 6:42 (show verse)
And they said, Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How now does this One say, I have come down from Heaven?
John 6:43 (show verse)
Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Do not murmur with one another.
John 6:44 (show verse)
No one can come to Me unless the Father who has sent Me draw 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 of God." Therefore everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to Me.
John 6:46 (show verse)
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God, He has seen the Father.
John 6:47 (show verse)
Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes on Me 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 died.
John 6:50 (show verse)
This is the Bread which comes down from Heaven, so 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 shall live forever. And truly the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:52 (show verse)
Then the Jews argued with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John 6:53 (show verse)
Then Jesus says 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)
Whoever partakes of 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 partakes of My flesh and drinks My blood dwells in Me, and I in him.
John 6:57 (show verse)
As the living Father has sent Me, and I live through the Father, so he who partakes of Me, even he shall live by 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 partakes of this Bread shall live forever.
John 6:59 (show verse)
He said these things in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
John 6:60 (show verse)
Then when they had heard, many of His disciples said, This is a hard saying, who can hear it?
John 6:61 (show verse)
But knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, Does this offend you?
John 6:62 (show verse)
Then what if you should see the Son of Man going up where He was before?
John 6:63 (show verse)
It is the Spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak 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 is the one betraying 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 was given to him from My Father.
John 6:66 (show verse)
From this time many of His disciples went back into the things behind, and walked no more with Him.
John 6:67 (show verse)
Then Jesus said to the Twelve, Do you also wish to go away?
John 6:68 (show verse)
Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the Words of eternal life.
John 6:69 (show verse)
And we have believed and have known that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 6:70 (show verse)
Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? And one of you is a devil?
John 6:71 (show verse)
But he spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon; for it was he who was about to betray Him, being one of the Twelve.