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<A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>(this he said to prove Philip: for he himself knew what he had to do.) <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Philip answered him, two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient to furnish every one of them a little. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>one of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>there is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>but Jesus said, make the men sit down, and as there was much grass in the place, they sat down to the number of about five thousand. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were sate down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>when they were filled, he said to his disciples, gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>they gathered them therefore, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained after they all had been eating. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The people, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, cry'd out, this is of a truth that prophet who was to come into the world.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but Jesus perceiving they designed to come and take him by force to make him a king, retired again upon a mountain all alone.<p> <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Walks on Water<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/14.htm#22">Matthew 14:22–33</a>; <a href ="../mark/6.htm#45">Mark 6:45–52</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When even was come, his disciples went to the sea, and going on board a ship, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>they cross'd the sea to Capernaum: now when it was dark, Jesus was not come to them: <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>but the sea ran high, by reason of the wind that blew hard. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>so when they had rowed about five and twenty, or thirty furlongs, seeing Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh to the ship, they were frightned. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>but he said to them, it is I, be not afraid. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>then they readily received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they were bound.<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus the Bread of Life<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The day following, the people who stay'd on the other side of the sea, perceiving that there had been only that single vessel in which his disciples were embark'd, that Jesus did not embark with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away alone: (however, <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>there came other barks from Tiberias, nigh the place where they had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks.) <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>the people likewise seeing that Jesus was not in those barks, nor his disciples, went on board them, and cross'd to Capernaum in quest of Jesus. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, master, when did you arrive here?<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, I declare unto you, you seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye had loaves to eat, and were filled. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>work not for the food which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life, and which the son of man shall give unto you, for to him it is that the father, that is God, has given his credentials. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>then said they to him, what shall we do, that our works may he agreeable to God? <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, the work which God requires is to believe on him whom he hath sent. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>but said they, what miracle then will you let us see to make us believe you? what strange work will you perform? <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, "he gave them bread from heaven to eat." <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus answer'd, I assure you, Moses did not give you the celestial bread; but my father gives you the true celestial bread. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>for he who is descended from heaven, and gives life to the world, is the bread that is truely divine. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>then said they, Lord, evermore give us this bread.<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Jesus answer'd, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>but I have already told you, that tho' you have seen me, you do not believe. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>all those whom my father gives me, shall come to me; and I will not reject any that come to me. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>and the will of him who sent me is this, that I should not lose any one of those he has given me, but should raise them again at the last day: this, <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>I say, is the will of him that sent me, that every one who observes the son, and believeth on him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.<p> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>The Jews then murmured against him, for having said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>is not this, said they, Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how comes he then to say, I came down from heaven? <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Jesus therefore replied, murmur not among your selves. <A name="45"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>no man can come to me, except the father who hath sent me, conduct him: and I will raise him up at the last day. <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>it is written in the prophets, "they shall be all taught of God." every man therefore that hath heard the father, and been instructed by him, cometh unto me. <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>not that any man hath seen the father, except him who is come from God, he hath seen the father. <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>I declare unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>I am the bread of life, <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and there they died. <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>but this is the bread which came down from heaven, that he who eats thereof should not die. <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>I am the living bread, that is come down from heaven: whosoever shall eat of this bread, shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.<p> <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Upon this the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat? <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>but Jesus answer'd, I assure you, except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, ye will have no life in you. <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>for my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>as the father who is the source of life hath sent me, and I live by the father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. <A name="59"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>this is that bread which came down from heaven: very different from that manna, which your fathers did eat but died nevertheless: he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever.<p> <A name="60"></a><p class="hdg">Many Disciples Turn Back<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/8.htm#18">Matthew 8:18–22</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#57">Luke 9:57–62</a>; <a href ="../luke/14.htm#25">Luke 14:25–33</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>These things said Jesus in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.<p> <A name="61"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>when many of his disciples, who heard him, said, this is strange doctrine, who can hear it? <A name="62"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>Jesus perceiving in himself, that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, doth this offend you? <A name="63"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>what if you should see the son of man ascend up where he was before? <A name="64"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>it is the action of the mind that vivifies, that of the body profits nothing: the words that I have delivered to you, spiritually understood, give life. <A name="65"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>but there are some of you who do not believe. (for Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that did not believe, and who should betray him.) <A name="66"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>and he said, therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my father.<p> <A name="67"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-66.htm"><b>66</b></a></span>From that time many of his disciples withdrew, and associated no longer with him. <A name="68"></a><p class="hdg">Peter’s Confession of Faith<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/16.htm#13">Matthew 16:13–20</a>; <a href ="../mark/8.htm#27">Mark 8:27–30</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#18">Luke 9:18–20</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-67.htm"><b>67</b></a></span>upon which Jesus said to the twelve, will not ye likewise go away? <A name="69"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-68.htm"><b>68</b></a></span>but Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life. <A name="70"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-69.htm"><b>69</b></a></span>and we have believed and we have acknowledged that you are the Christ, the son of God. <A name="71"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-70.htm"><b>70</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, have I not chosen you all twelve, and yet one of you is an avowed enemy? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/6-71.htm"><b>71</b></a></span>meaning Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that would betray him, altho' he was one of the twelve.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>