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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
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After these things
Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
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Then a great
multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on
those who were diseased.
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And Jesus went up on
the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
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Now the Passover, a
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Then 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?”
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But this He said to
test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
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Philip answered Him,
“Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every
one of them may have a little.”
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One of His
disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, |
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“There is a lad here
who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so
many?”
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Then 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.
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And 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.
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So when they were
filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the
fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”
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Therefore 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.
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Then those men, when
they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said,
“This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
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Therefore 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.
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Now when evening
came, His disciples went down to the sea, |
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got into the boat,
and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus
had not come to them.
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Then the sea arose
because a great wind was blowing. |
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So 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.
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But He said to them,
“It is I; do not be afraid.” |
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Then they willingly
received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where
they were going.
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On 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—
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however, other boats
came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had
given thanks—
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when the people
therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got
into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
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And when they found
Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You
come here?”
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Jesus 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.
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Do 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.”
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Then they said to
Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”
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Jesus answered and
said to them, “This is the work of God, that you
believe in Him whom He sent.”
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Therefore they said
to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe
You? What work will You do?
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Our fathers ate the
manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to
eat.’ ”
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Then 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.
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For the bread of God is He who comes down from
heaven and gives life to the world.”
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Then they said to
Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” |
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And 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.
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But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet
do not believe. |
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All that the Father gives Me will come to Me,
and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
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For I have come down from heaven, not to do My
own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
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This 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.
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And 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.”
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The Jews then
complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from
heaven.”
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And 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’?”
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Jesus therefore
answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among
yourselves.
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No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent
Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
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It 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.
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Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He
who is from God; He has seen the Father.
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Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in
Me has everlasting life.
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I am the bread of life. |
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and are dead. |
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This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
that one may eat of it and not die.
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I 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.”
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The Jews therefore
quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to
eat?”
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Then 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.
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Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has
eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
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For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is
drink indeed. |
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He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides
in Me, and I in him.
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As the living Father sent Me, and I live because
of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
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This 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.”
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These things He said
in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. |
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Therefore many of
His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can
understand it?”
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When Jesus knew in
Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them,
“Does this offend you?
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What then if you should see the Son of Man
ascend where He was before?
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It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh
profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are
life.
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But 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.
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And 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.”
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From that time many
of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
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Then Jesus said to
the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” |
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But Simon Peter
answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal
life.
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Also we have come to
believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
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Jesus answered them,
“Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of
you is a devil?”
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He spoke of Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of
the twelve.
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