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the disciples had taken the only boat, and they
realized Jesus had not gone with them. 23Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place
where the Lord had blessed the bread and the
people had eaten. 24So when the crowd saw
that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there,
they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him. 25They found him on
the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi,
when did you get here?”
26
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want
to be with me because I fed you, not because
you understood the miraculous signs. 27But
don’t be so concerned about perishable things
like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man* can give you. For
God the Father has given me the seal of his
approval.”
28
They replied, “We want to perform God’s
works, too. What should we do?”
29
Jesus told them, “This is the only work
God wants from you: Believe in the one he has
sent.”
30
They answered, “Show us a miraculous
sign if you want us to believe in you. What can
you do? 31 After all, our ancestors ate manna
while they journeyed through the wilderness!
The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread
from heaven to eat.’*”
32
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses
didn’t give you bread from heaven. My Father
did. And now he offers you the true bread from
heaven. 33The true bread of God is the one who
comes down from heaven and gives life to the
world.”
34
“Sir,” they said, “give us that bread every
day.”
35
Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life.
Whoever comes to me will never be hungry
again. Whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty. 36But you haven’t believed in me even
though you have seen me. 37However, those
the Father has given me will come to me, and I
will never reject them. 38For I have come down
from heaven to do the will of God who sent
me, not to do my own will. 39And this is the will
of God, that I should not lose even one of all
those he has given me, but that I should raise
them up at the last day. 40For it is my Father’s
will that all who see his Son and believe in him
should have eternal life. I will raise them up at
the last day.”
41
Then the people* began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the
6:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. 6:31 Exod 16:4;
Ps 78:24. 6:41 Greek Jewish people; also in 6:52. 6:45 Greek in
the prophets. Isa 54:13.
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bread that came down from heaven.” 42They
said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We
know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I
came down from heaven’?”
43
But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about
what I said. 44For no one can come to me unless
the Father who sent me draws them to me, and
at the last day I will raise them up. 45As it is written in the Scriptures,* ‘They will all be taught
by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and
learns from him comes to me. 46(Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was
sent from God, have seen him.)
47
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes
has eternal life. 48Yes, I am the bread of life!
49
Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness,
but they all died. 50Anyone who eats the bread
from heaven, however, will never die. 51I am the
living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and
this bread, which I will offer so the world may
live, is my flesh.”
52
Then the people began arguing with each
other about what he meant. “How can this man
give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
53
So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and
drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life
within you. 54But anyone who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I
will raise that person at the last day. 55For
my flesh is true food, and my blood is true
drink. 56Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks
my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57I live
because of the living Father who sent me; in
the same way, anyone who feeds on me will
live because of me. 58I am the true bread that
came down from heaven. Anyone who eats
this bread will not die as your ancestors did
(even though they ate the manna) but will live
forever.”
59
He said these things while he was teaching
in the synagogue in Capernaum.
MANY DISCIPLES DESERT JESUS 60Many of
his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”
61
Jesus was aware that his disciples were
complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? 62Then what will you think if you see
THE WAY
(6:26) Jesus knew that many of the people who followed
him did so only because he fed them miraculously. Yet
they weren’t “hungry” for the truth. True believers follow
Jesus simply because they know his way is the way to live.
Is that why you follow him?
