Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
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After this 1Jesus went away to the other side of 2the Sea of Galilee, which is 3the Sea of Tiberias.
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And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.
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7Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to 8Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"
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He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
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9Philip answered him, "Two hundred denariia would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."
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Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." 13Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
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Jesus then took the loaves, and 14when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.
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And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost."
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So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.
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When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, 15"This is indeed 16the Prophet 17who is to come into the world!"
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18Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus 19withdrew again to 20the mountain by himself.
Jesus Walks on Water
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When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
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got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
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The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.
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When they had rowed about three or four miles,b they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened.
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Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
I Am the Bread of Life
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On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only 22one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.
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Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord 23had given thanks.
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24So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and 25went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
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When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, 26"Rabbi, when did you come here?"
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Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, 27you are seeking me, not because you saw 28signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
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29Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for 30the food that endures to eternal life, which 31the Son of Man will give to you. For on 32him God the Father has 33set his seal."
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So they said to him, 37"Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
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38Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 39'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
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Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
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Jesus said to them, 42"I am the bread of life; 43whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
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But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
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44All that 45the Father gives me will come to me, and 46whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
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And 51this is the will of him who sent me, 52that I should lose nothing of 53all that he has given me, but 54raise it up on the last day.
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For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who 55looks on the Son and 56believes in him 57should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
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They said, 59"Is not this Jesus, 60the son of Joseph, whose father and mother 61we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"
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Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.
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No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me 62draws him. And 63I will raise him up on the last day.
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It is written in the Prophets, 64'And they will all be 65taught by God.'66Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me--
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I am the living bread 76that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give 77for the life of the world is 78my flesh."
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The Jews then 79disputed among themselves, saying, 80"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
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So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of 81the Son of Man and drink his blood, you 82have no life in you.
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Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood 83has eternal life, and 84I will raise him up on the last day.
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For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
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As 86the living Father 87sent me, and 88I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
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89This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the breadc the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever."
The Words of Eternal Life
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But Jesus, 92knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?
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96It is the Spirit who gives life; 97the flesh is no help at all. 98The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
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But 99there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus 100knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and 101who it was who would betray him.)
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