1 AFTER these things Jesus went away, beyond the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought on the sick.
3 And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4 And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude is coming to him, says to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?
6 And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do.
7 Philip answered him: Two hundred denбries worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to him:
9 There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?
10 Jesus said: Make the men lie down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to those who were lying down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they desired.
12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above to those who had eaten.
14 The men therefore, seeing the sign that Jesus wrought, said: This is of a truth the Prophet that comes into the world.
15 Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him a king, withdrew again into the mountain, himself alone.
16 And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
17 and entering into the ship, were going over the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them;
18 and as a strong wind was blowing, the sea began to rise.
19 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the ship; and they were afraid.
20 But he says to them: It is I, be not afraid.
21 They therefore willingly received him into the ship; and immediately the ship was at the land whither they were going.
22 On the morrow, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, seeing that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the ship, but his disciples went away alone
23 (but there came other boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate bread, when the Lord had given thanks);
24 when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves entered into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25 And having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus answered them and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.
27 Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you; for him the Father, God, has sealed,
28 Therefore they said to him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?
29 Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he sent.
30 They therefore said to him: What sign doest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work?
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32 Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.
34 They therefore said to him: Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35 Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life. He that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said to you, that ye have also seen me, and do not believe.
37 All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes to me I will not cast out.
38 Because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
41 The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he said: I am the bread that came down out of heaven.
42 And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does this man say: I have come down out of heaven?
43 Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No one can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
46 Not that any one has seen the Father, save he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me has everlasting life.
48 I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
56 He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me.
58 This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live forever.
59 These things he said in the synagogue, while teaching in Capernaum.
60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard it, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Does this offend you?
62 What then if ye behold the Son of man ascending up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.
65 And he said: For this cause I have said to you, that no one can come to me, except it be given him from the Father.
66 From this time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Jesus said therefore to the twelve: Will ye also go away?
68 Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of eternal life.
69 And we believe and know, that thou art the Holy One of God.
70 Jesus answered them: Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, son of Simon; for he it was that would betray him, being one of the twelve.
