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about his message. 36 But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings
and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they
prove that he sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has testified about me
himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face, 38 and you
do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the
one he sent to you.
39 “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life.
But the Scriptures point to me! 40 Yet you refuse to come to me to receive
this life.
41 “Your approval means nothing to me, 42 because I know you don’t have
God’s love within you. 43 For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you
have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome
them. 44 No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but
you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.*
45 “Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse
you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes. 46 If you really believed Moses,
you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But since you don’t
believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also
known as the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A huge crowd kept following him wher
ever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick.
3 Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. 4 (It
was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) 5 Jesus soon saw a huge
crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where
can we buy bread to feed all these people?” 6 He was testing Philip, for he
already knew what he was going to do.
7 Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough
money* to feed them!”
8 Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. 9 “There’s a young boy
here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this
huge crowd?”
10 “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy
slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) 11 Then Jesus took the loaves,
gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the
same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. 12 After everyone
was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is
wasted.” 13 So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps
left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.
14 When the people saw him* do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed,
“Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!”* 15 When Jesus saw that
they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills
by himself.
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Jesus Walks on Water
That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. 17 But
as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and
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5:44 Some manuscripts read from the only One. 6:7 Greek Two hundred denarii would not be
enough. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage. 6:14a Some manuscripts
read Jesus. 6:14b See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:56.
