Christian Standard Bible

New Living Translation

1After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

1After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias.

2A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

2A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick.

3Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples.

3Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.

4Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.

4(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.)

5So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat?"

5Jesus 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?”

6He asked this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

6He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.

7Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn't be enough for each of them to have a little."

7Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”

8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

8Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up.

9"There's a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish--but what are they for so many?"

9“There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”

10Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand.

10 “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.)

11Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks he distributed them to those who were seated--so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

11Then 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.

12When they were full, he told his disciples, "Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted."

12After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.”

13So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

13So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.

14When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, "This truly is the Prophet who is to come into the world."

14When the people saw him do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, “Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!”

15Therefore, when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

15When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself. Jesus Walks on Water

16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

16That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him.

17got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already set in, but Jesus had not yet come to them.

17But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum.

18A high wind arose, and the sea began to churn.

18Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough.

19After they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

19They had rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified,

20But he said to them, "It is I. Don't be afraid."

20but he called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here! ”

21Then they were willing to take him on board, and at once the boat was at the shore where they were heading.

21Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination! Jesus, the Bread of Life

22The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw there had been only one boat. They also saw that Jesus had not boarded the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone off alone.

22The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.

23Some boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

23Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten.

24When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

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.

25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

25They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

26Jesus answered, "Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

26Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs.

27Don't work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him."

27 But 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"What can we do to perform the works of God?" they asked.

28They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”

29Jesus replied, "This is the work of God--that you believe in the one he has sent."

29Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”

30"What sign, then, are you going to do so we may see and believe you?" they asked. "What are you going to perform?

30They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do?

31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat."

31After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

32Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, Moses didn't give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

32Jesus 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.

33For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

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

34Then they said, "Sir, give us this bread always."

34“Sir,” they said, “give us that bread every day.”

35"I am the bread of life," Jesus told them. "No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.

35Jesus 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 as I told you, you've seen me, and yet you do not believe.

36 But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me.

37Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.

37 However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.

38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

38 For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.

39This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise them up on the last day.

39 And 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 this is the will of my Father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

40 For 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.”

41Therefore the Jews started complaining about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

41Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

42They were saying, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come 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’?”

43Jesus answered them, "Stop complaining among yourselves.

43But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said.

44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

44 For 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.

45It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me--

45 As 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.

46not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God. He has seen the Father.

46 (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)

47"Truly I tell you, anyone who believes has eternal life.

47 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life.

48I am the bread of life.

48 Yes, I am the bread of life!

49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

49 Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died.

50This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

50 Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.

51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

51 I 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.”

52At that, the Jews argued among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

52Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.

53So Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

53So 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.

54The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day,

54 But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day.

55because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

56The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

56 Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

57Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

57 I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.

58This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your ancestors ate--and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever."

58 I 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.”

59He said these things while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

59He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, "This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?"

60Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

61Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were complaining about this, asked them, "Does this offend you?

61Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?

62Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

62 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?

63The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn't help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

63 The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

64But there are some among you who don't believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who did not believe and the one who would betray him.)

64 But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.)

65He said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father."

65Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”

66From that moment many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him.

66At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.

67So Jesus said to the Twelve, "You don't want to go away too, do you?"

67Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”

68Simon Peter answered, "Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life.

68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

69We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."

69We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God. ”

70Jesus replied to them, "Didn't I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil."

70Then Jesus said, “I chose the twelve of you, but one is a devil.”

71He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son, one of the Twelve, because he was going to betray him.

71He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the Twelve, who would later betray him.

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