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    John 6

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    A crowd is fed until it is full, twelve baskets are filled with what remains, and the very next day someone asks what sign Jesus will perform. The bread has barely cooled, one might say, before the enquiry begins again.

    Grass, bread, and an escape from kingshipvv. 1–21

    Jesus crosses the Sea of Galilee, and a large crowd follows because of the signs done among the sick. On the mountain, with Passover near, He asks Philip where bread might be bought for all these people—not because He lacks a plan, but because Philip is being tested. Philip produces the arithmetic; Andrew produces a boy with five barley loaves and two fish; Jesus produces lunch for about five thousand men, with twelve baskets left over. The crowd calls Him the Prophet and prepares to make Him king by force, whereupon Jesus withdraws to the mountain alone. After dark, the disciples set off for Capernaum. The wind rises, Jesus walks upon the sea, and the boat reaches its destination at once: a remarkably brisk ending to a very wet crossing.

    The question with no recorded answervv. 22–40

    The next day, the crowd notices that there had been only one boat, and that Jesus had not boarded it with the disciples. Yet Jesus is found on the far side of the sea, in Capernaum, and the crowd asks when He arrived. The text gives no answer to that question. Instead Jesus addresses the reason for the search: the people have eaten their fill. They ask what work God requires, and He answers that it is to believe in the One God has sent. Then, having just received bread enough for thousands, they ask for a sign and bring up the manna. Jesus turns the conversation from bread that perishes to the bread of God, and then says, with splendid plainness, “I am the bread of life.”

    A teaching that empties the roomvv. 41–71

    The Jews grumble because Jesus says He came down from heaven, while they know His father and mother. Jesus continues: He is the living bread, and the bread He will give is His flesh. The argument becomes more alarming rather than less, with flesh and blood now plainly on the table. In the synagogue at Capernaum, many disciples call the teaching difficult. Jesus answers that His words are spirit and life, but also says that some do not believe—and that one will betray Him. Many disciples turn back and no longer walk with Him. The Twelve remain. Simon Peter says they have nowhere else to go and names Jesus the Holy One of God. Jesus then announces that one of the Twelve is a devil, and the narrator quietly supplies the name: Judas.

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    1. John 6:1After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias).

    2. John 6:2A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.

    3. John 6:3Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.

    4. John 6:4Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

    5. John 6:5When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

    6. John 6:6But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

    7. John 6:7Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

    8. John 6:8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

    9. John 6:9“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

    10. John 6:10“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

    11. John 6:11Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.

    12. John 6:12And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

    13. John 6:13So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

    14. John 6:14When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

    15. John 6:15Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

    16. John 6:16When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

    17. John 6:17got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.

    18. John 6:18A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated.

    19. John 6:19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

    20. John 6:20But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”

    21. John 6:21Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

    22. John 6:22The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.

    23. John 6:23However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

    24. John 6:24So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.

    25. John 6:25When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

    26. John 6:26Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

    27. John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

    28. John 6:28Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

    29. John 6:29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

    30. John 6:30So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?

    31. John 6:31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

    32. John 6:32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

    33. John 6:33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

    34. John 6:34“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”

    35. John 6:35Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

    36. John 6:36But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.

    37. John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

    38. John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

    39. John 6:39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

    40. John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

    41. John 6:41At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

    42. John 6:42They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

    43. John 6:43“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.

    44. John 6:44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    45. John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

    46. John 6:46not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.

    47. John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

    48. John 6:48I am the bread of life.

    49. John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

    50. John 6:50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

    51. John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

    52. John 6:52At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

    53. John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

    54. John 6:54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    55. John 6:55For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.

    56. John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

    57. John 6:57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

    58. John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

    59. John 6:59Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

    60. John 6:60On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

    61. John 6:61Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?

    62. John 6:62Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

    63. John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

    64. John 6:64However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)

    65. John 6:65Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

    66. John 6:66From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

    67. John 6:67So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”

    68. John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

    69. John 6:69We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”

    70. John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

    71. John 6:71He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.

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    • 45Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
    • 45Jeremiah 31:33–34“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
    • 44John 6:65Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
    • 45Hebrews 10:16“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
    • 63Galatians 5:25Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
    • 63Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
    • 45Hebrews 8:10–11For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
    • 63Psalms 119:93I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
    • 451 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
    • 27Colossians 3:2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
    • 63John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
    • 63Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
    • 631 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
    • 63Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
    • 27Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
    • 35John 6:48–58I am the bread of life.

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