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After these things Jesus went··away◦ across the Sea of Galilee, the Sea of Tiberias.
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And a crowd of many followed Him, because they saw▵ His signs which He was doing on those who were··sick.
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And◦ Jesus came up into a mountain, and there sat with His disciples.
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And◦ the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.
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Jesus then, lifting··up◦ His eyes and observing that a crowd of many comes to Him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
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But◦ this He said, testing him, for◦ He Himself knew◦ what◦ He was··about to do.
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Philip answered Him, Two··hundred denarii of bread is not sufficient for them, that each of them may take a very··little◦.
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One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, says to Him,
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There is one little··boy here who has five loaves of barley bread and two little··fishes; but what are these to so many?
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And◦ Jesus said◦, Make the men* recline▵. And◦ there was much grass in the place. Then◦ the men◦* reclined▵, in number about◦ five thousand.
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And◦ Jesus took the loaves of bread, and having given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and◦ the disciples to those who were sitting◦; and likewise of the little··fishes, as much as they desired◦.
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But◦ when◦ they were filled, He says to His disciples, Gather the excess fragments, lest◦ anything be lost.
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Then they gathered them together, and filled◦ twelve baskets with the fragments from◦ the five loaves of barley bread, which were left over by those who had eaten.
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Then◦ the men*, seeing◦ the sign that Jesus did, said, This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.
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Then◦ Jesus, knowing that they are··about to come and seize Him that◦ they might make Him a king, departed again into the mountain Himself alone.
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And◦ when◦ it became evening, His disciples stepped··down to the sea,
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and having stepped into the ship, they were coming across the sea toward◦ Capernaum. And darkness had already fallen▵, and Jesus had not come to them.
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And, a great wind blowing, the sea was awakened.
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Then having rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia*, they behold Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the ship; and they were afraid.
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But◦ He says to them, I am; be not afraid.
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Then◦ they desired◦ to receive Him into the ship, and straightway the ship came··to··be at◦ the land to◦ which they were going◦.
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On··the··morrow, the crowd standing across the sea, having seen◦ that there was no other boat there except that▵ one into which His disciples had stepped, and that Jesus went· not ·with· His disciples ·into the boat, but His disciples went··away◦ alone;
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but◦ other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate the bread, when the Lord had given thanks;
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when the crowd therefore saw◦ that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also stepped into the ships, and came into Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
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And having found Him across the sea, they said to Him, Rabbi, when camest Thou hither?
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Jesus answered them, and said◦, Amen, Amen, I say to you, You seek Me, not because you saw◦ signs, but because you ate of the bread, and were··satisfied.
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Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you; for Him the Father, God, has sealed.
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Then said they 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 has sent◦.
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They said◦ therefore to Him, What◦ sign doest Thou then, that◦ we may see◦ and believe Thee? What◦ workest Thou?
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Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out··of heaven to eat.
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Then◦ Jesus said◦ to them, Amen, Amen, I say to you, Moses gave you not the bread out··of heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread out··of heaven.
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For◦ the Bread of God is He who comes··down out··of heaven, and gives life to the world.
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Then said they to Him, Lord, always give us this bread.
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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 also have seen▵ Me, and do not believe.
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All that the Father gives Me shall come◦ to Me, and him who comes to Me I will not▵ cast··out.
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For I came··down out··of heaven, not to▵ do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
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And◦ this is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all which He has given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it again in the last day.
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And◦ this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who beholds the Son, and believes in Him, should have eternal life, and I will raise him again at the last day.
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The Jews then◦ murmured about Him, because He said◦, I◦ am the bread which came··down out··of heaven.
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And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know◦? How then◦ says he◦, I came··down out··of heaven?
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Then Jesus answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.
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No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draw him; and I will raise him again at the last day.
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It is written in the Prophets, And they shall all be taught by God*. Everyone therefore 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 with◦ God; He◦ has seen▵ the Father.
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Amen, Amen, I say to you, He who believes in Me has eternal life.
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Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and died.
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This is the bread which comes··down out··of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
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I am the Living Bread which came··down out··of heaven; if anyone eat of this bread, he shall live forever; and◦ the bread also that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for▫ the life of the world.
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The Jews therefore strove among▵ themselves, saying, How can He give us His flesh to eat?
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Then Jesus said to them, Amen, Amen, 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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He who eats▵ My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him again at the last day.
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For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink.
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He who eats▵ My flesh, and drinks My blood, remains in Me, and I in him.
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As the living Father has sent◦ Me, and··I◦ live by the Father, so◦ he who eats▵ Me, he··also shall live by Me.
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This is the bread that came··down out··of heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and died; he who eats▵ of this bread shall live forever.
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These things said He in the synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.
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Therefore many of His disciples, when they had heard, said◦, This word is hard; who◦ can hear it?
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But◦ Jesus, knowing◦ in Himself that His disciples are murmuring about this, said◦ to them, Does this cause· you ·to··stumble?
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Then◦ what if you behold the Son of Man ascending up where He was before?
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It is the spirit that makes··alive; the flesh profits nothing; the sayings which I◦ speak to you are spirit, and are life.
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But there are some of you who believe not. For◦ from◦ the beginning, Jesus knew◦ who◦ they are who believe not◦, and who◦ it is who would betray Him.
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And He said, On··account··of this I said▵ to you that no··one can come to Me unless it be given him by▵ My Father.
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From◦ this time many of His disciples went··away◦ into things behind*, and walked no··more with Him.
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Then◦ Jesus said◦ to the twelve, do you also will to go··away?
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Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the sayings of eternal life.
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And we have come to believe and know that Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Jesus answered them, Have I◦ not chosen you twelve? And one of you is a devil.
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And◦ He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he was about to betray Him, being one of the twelve.
