John 6:1 After these things, Yeshua went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias.
2 A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.
3 Yeshua went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
4 Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was at hand.
5 Yeshua therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Wherearewetobuybread,thatthesemayeat?”6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
John 6:7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii{A denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer, so 200 denarii would be between 6 and 7 month’s pay.} worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”
John 6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,
9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
John 6:10 Yeshua said, “Havethepeoplesitdown.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 Yeshua took the loaves, and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gatherupthebrokenpieceswhichareleftover,thatnothingbelost.”13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.
14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Yeshua did, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who comes into the world.”
15 Yeshua therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
John 6:16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.
17 They entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Yeshua had not come to them.
18 The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.
19 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia,{See Job 9:8} and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
20 But he said to them, “ItisI.{or, I AM}Don’tbeafraid.”21 They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
John 6:22 On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Yeshua hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.
23 However, boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
24 When the multitude therefore saw that Yeshua wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Yeshua.
25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”
John 6:26 Yeshua answered them, “MostcertainlyItellyou,youseekme,notbecauseyousawsigns,butbecauseyouateoftheloavesandwerefilled.27Don’tworkforthefoodwhichperishes,butforthefoodwhichremainstoeternallife,whichtheSonofManwillgivetoyou.ForGodtheFatherhassealedhim.”
John 6:28 They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the works of God?”
John 6:29 Yeshua answered them, “ThisistheworkofGod,thatyoubelieveinhimwhomhehassent.”
John 6:30 They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see and believe you? What work do you do?
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven{Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalms 78:24-25}
John 6:32 Yeshua therefore said to them, “Mostcertainly,Itellyou,itwasn’tMoseswhogaveyouthebreadoutofheaven,butmyFathergivesyouthetruebreadoutofheaven.33ForthebreadofGodisthatwhichcomesdownoutofheavenandgiveslifetotheworld.”
John 6:34 They said therefore to him, “Lord, always give us this bread.”
John 6:35 Yeshua said to them, “Iamthebreadoflife.Whoevercomestomewillnotbehungry,andwhoeverbelievesinmewillneverbethirsty.36ButItoldyouthatyouhaveseenme,andyetyoudon’tbelieve.37AllthosewhomtheFathergivesmewillcometome.HewhocomestomeIwillinnowaythrowout.38ForIhavecomedownfromheaven,nottodomyownwill,butthewillofhimwhosentme.39ThisisthewillofmyFatherwhosentme,thatofallhehasgiventomeIshouldlosenothing,butshouldraisehimupatthelastday.40Thisisthewilloftheonewhosentme,thateveryonewhoseestheSonandbelievesinhimshouldhaveeternallife;andIwillraisehimupatthelastday.”
John 6:41 The Judeans therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “Iamthebreadwhichcamedownoutofheaven.”42 They said, “Isn’t this Yeshua, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘Ihavecomedownoutofheaven’?”
John 6:43 Therefore Yeshua answered them, “Don’tmurmuramongyourselves.44NoonecancometomeunlesstheFatherwhosentmedrawshim;andIwillraisehimupinthelastday.45ItiswrittenintheProphets,‘TheywillallbetaughtbyGod.’{Isaiah 54:13}ThereforeeveryonewhohearsfromtheFatherandhaslearned,comestome.46NotthatanyonehasseentheFather,excepthewhoisfromGod.HehasseentheFather.47Mostcertainly,Itellyou,hewhobelievesinmehaseternallife.48Iamthebreadoflife.49Yourfathersatethemannainthewildernessandtheydied.50Thisisthebreadwhichcomesdownoutofheaven,thatanyonemayeatofitandnotdie.51Iamthelivingbreadwhichcamedownoutofheaven.Ifanyoneeatsofthisbread,hewillliveforever.Yes,thebreadwhichIwillgiveforthelifeoftheworldismyflesh.”
John 6:52 The Judeans therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
John 6:53 Yeshua therefore said to them, “MostcertainlyItellyou,unlessyoueatthefleshoftheSonofMananddrinkhisblood,youdon’thavelifeinyourselves.54Hewhoeatsmyfleshanddrinksmybloodhaseternallife,andIwillraisehimupatthelastday.55Formyfleshisfoodindeed,andmybloodisdrinkindeed.56Hewhoeatsmyfleshanddrinksmybloodlivesinme,andIinhim.57AsthelivingFathersentme,andIlivebecauseoftheFather,sohewhofeedsonmewillalsolivebecauseofme.58Thisisthebreadwhichcamedownoutofheaven—notasourfathersatethemannaanddied.Hewhoeatsthisbreadwillliveforever.”59 He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
John 6:60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
John 6:61 But Yeshua knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Doesthiscauseyoutostumble?62ThenwhatifyouwouldseetheSonofManascendingtowherehewasbefore?63Itisthespiritwhogiveslife.Thefleshprofitsnothing.ThewordsthatIspeaktoyouarespirit,andarelife.64Buttherearesomeofyouwhodon’tbelieve.” For Yeshua knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.
65 He said, “ForthiscauseIhavesaidtoyouthatnoonecancometome,unlessitisgiventohimbymyFather.”
John 6:66 At this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.
67 Yeshua said therefore to the twelve, “Youdon’talsowanttogoaway,doyou?”
John 6:68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69 We have come to believe and know that you are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
John 6:70 Yeshua answered them, “Didn’tIchooseyou,thetwelve,andoneofyouisadevil?”71 Now he spoke of Judah, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.