Thematic Bible




John 6:1 (show verse)

After these things Jesus went away across the lake of Galilee, that of Tiberias.

John 6:2 (show verse)

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought on the diseased.

John 6:3 (show verse)

And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his disciples.

John 6:4 (show verse)

And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

John 6:5 (show verse)

Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great crowd was coming to him, saith to Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

John 6:6 (show verse)

But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was going to do.

John 6:7 (show verse)

Philip answered him, Two hundred denaries worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a tittle.

John 6:8 (show verse)

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peters brother, saith to him,

John 6:9 (show verse)

There is a lad here, who hath five barleyloaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?

John 6:10 (show verse)

Jesus said, Make the men lie down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number about five thousand.

John 6:11 (show verse)

Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed to those that were lying down; in like manner also of the fishes, as much as they desired.

John 6:12 (show verse)

And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, that nothing may be lost.

John 6:13 (show verse)

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barleyloaves, which remained over and above to those that had eaten.

John 6:14 (show verse)

The men therefore seeing the sign which he wrought, said, This is truly the prophet that was to come into the world.

John 6:15 (show verse)

Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, withdrew again to the mountain alone.

John 6:16 (show verse)

But when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

John 6:17 (show verse)

and having gone on board a boat, were going over the lake to Capernaum. And darkness had overtaken them, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

John 6:18 (show verse)

And as a strong wind was blowing, the waves ran high.

John 6:19 (show verse)

When therefore they had rowed about twentyfive or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the lake, and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid.

John 6:20 (show verse)

But he saith to them, It is I, be not afraid.

John 6:21 (show verse)

Then they were willing to receive him into the boat; and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.

John 6:22 (show verse)

The day following, the multitude which stood on the other side of the lake having seen that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus did not go with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone,

John 6:23 (show verse)

(but there came other boats from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread, when the Lord had given thanks;)

John 6:24 (show verse)

when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there nor his disciples, they went on board the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

John 6:25 (show verse)

And having found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, Rabbi, when didst thou come hither?

John 6:26 (show verse)

Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly do I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

John 6:27 (show verse)

Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.

John 6:28 (show verse)

Then they said to him, What are we to do, that we may work the works of God?

John 6:29 (show verse)

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he sent.

John 6:30 (show verse)

They said therefore to him, What sign doest thou, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work?

John 6:31 (show verse)

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."

John 6:32 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Moses hath not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

John 6:33 (show verse)

For the bread of God is that which is coming down from heaven, and giving life to the world.

John 6:34 (show verse)

They said therefore to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

John 6:35 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said to them, I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me will not hunger; and he that believeth in me will never thirst.

John 6:36 (show verse)

But I said to you, that ye have even seen, and do not believe.

John 6:37 (show verse)

All that the Father giveth me will come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out;

John 6:38 (show verse)

for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 6:39 (show verse)

And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.

John 6:40 (show verse)

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

John 6:41 (show verse)

The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven;

John 6:42 (show verse)

and they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, one whose father and mother we know? How is it then that this man saith, I have come down from heaven?

John 6:43 (show verse)

Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

John 6:44 (show verse)

No one can come to me, unless the Father, who sent me, draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

John 6:45 (show verse)

It is written in the prophets, "And they shall all be taught of God." Every one that hath heard the Father, and hath learnt from him, cometh to me.

John 6:46 (show verse)

Not that any one hath seen the Father, but he who is from God; he hath seen the Father.

John 6:47 (show verse)

Truly, truly do I say to you, He that believeth hath everlasting life.

John 6:48 (show verse)

I am the bread of life.

John 6:49 (show verse)

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died.

John 6:50 (show verse)

This is the bread which is coming down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

John 6:51 (show verse)

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eat of my bread, he will live for ever. Yea, and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.

John 6:52 (show verse)

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

John 6:53 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

John 6:54 (show verse)

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

John 6:55 (show verse)

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

John 6:56 (show verse)

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me, and I in him.

John 6:57 (show verse)

As the living Father sent me, and I live by reason of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live by reason of me.

John 6:58 (show verse)

This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread will live for ever.

John 6:59 (show verse)

These things he said in a synagogue, while teaching in Capernaum.

John 6:60 (show verse)

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This teaching is hard; who can listen to it?

John 6:61 (show verse)

Jesus therefore knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, and said to them, Doth this offend you?

John 6:62 (show verse)

What then if ye behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

John 6:63 (show verse)

It is the spirit which maketh alive; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.

John 6:64 (show verse)

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 it was that would betray him.

John 6:65 (show verse)

And he said, For this cause I have told you, that no one can come to me, unless it hath been given him from the Father.

John 6:66 (show verse)

From this time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

John 6:67 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Do ye also wish to go away?

John 6:68 (show verse)

Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of everlasting life;

John 6:69 (show verse)

and we have believed and known, that thou art the Holy One of God.

John 6:70 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you twelve? and one of you is a devil!

John 6:71 (show verse)

He spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot; for it was he that was about to betray him, being one of the twelve.