New King James Version

New Living Translation

1After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.

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

2Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.

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

3And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

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

4Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

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

5Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may 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?”

6But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

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

7Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may 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 is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among 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?”

10Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number 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.)

11And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of 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.

12So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”

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

13Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which 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.

14Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly 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 perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

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

16Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

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

17got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not 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.

18Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing.

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

19So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing 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; do not be afraid.”

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

21Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

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

22On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away 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.

23however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate 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 people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking 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.

25And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”

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

26Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of 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.

27Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal 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.”

28Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

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

29Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

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

30Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?

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

31Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; 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.’ ”

32Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not 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 He 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 to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

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

35And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

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 I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe.

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

37All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means 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 the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at 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.

40And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at 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.”

41The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which 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.”

42And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘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 therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur 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 at 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 shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard 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 He 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.)

47Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting 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 fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

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

50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

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

51I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

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.”

52The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “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.

53Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.

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.

54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at 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.

55For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.

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

56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

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

57As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he 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 which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He 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.”

59These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

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

60Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

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

61When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you?

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

62What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?

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

63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they 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 of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and 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.)

65And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My 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 time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.

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

67Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

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

68But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall 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.

69Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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

70Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

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

71He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.

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

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.