Thematic Bible




John 6:1 (show verse)

After this Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias.

John 6:2 (show verse)

And a vast crowd continued to follow Him, for they pressed on to view the wonder-works which He performed for the sick people.

John 6:3 (show verse)

And so Jesus went up on the hill and was sitting there with His disciples.

John 6:4 (show verse)

Now the Passover, the Jewish feast, was approaching.

John 6:5 (show verse)

So Jesus looked up and saw that a vast crowd was coming toward Him, and said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

John 6:6 (show verse)

He was saying this to test him for He knew Himself what He was going to do.

John 6:7 (show verse)

Philip answered Him, "Forty dollars' worth of bread is not enough to give them all even a scanty meal apiece."

John 6:8 (show verse)

Another of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

John 6:9 (show verse)

"There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what are they among so many?"

John 6:10 (show verse)

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot; so the men, about five thousand, threw themselves down.

John 6:11 (show verse)

Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were sitting on the ground; so too with the fish as much as they wanted.

John 6:12 (show verse)

When they had plenty, He said to His disciples, "Pick up the pieces that are left, that nothing be wasted."

John 6:13 (show verse)

So they picked them up and filled twelve baskets with the pieces that were left from the five barley loaves, which were more than the eaters wanted.

John 6:14 (show verse)

When the people, therefore, saw the wonder-works that He performed, they began to say, "This is surely the prophet who was to come into the world."

John 6:15 (show verse)

So when Jesus learned that they were going to come and carry Him off by force to crown Him king, He again retired to the hill by Himself.

John 6:16 (show verse)

When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea

John 6:17 (show verse)

and got into a boat and started across the sea to Capernaum. Now it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

John 6:18 (show verse)

The sea was getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.

John 6:19 (show verse)

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terror-stricken.

John 6:20 (show verse)

But He said to them, "It is I; stop being afraid!"

John 6:21 (show verse)

Then they were willing to take Him on board, and at once the boat came to the shore it was making for.

John 6:22 (show verse)

Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away by themselves.

John 6:23 (show verse)

Other boats from Tiberias had landed near the place where the people ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

John 6:24 (show verse)

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

John 6:25 (show verse)

So when they had crossed the sea and found Him, they asked Him, "Teacher, when did you get here?"

John 6:26 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the wonder-works you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty.

John 6:27 (show verse)

Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."

John 6:28 (show verse)

Then they asked Him, "What must we do to perform the works that God demands?"

John 6:29 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "The work that God demands of you is this, to believe in the messenger whom He has sent."

John 6:30 (show verse)

So they asked Him, "What wonder-work then are you going to perform for us to see and so believe in you? What work are you going to do?

John 6:31 (show verse)

Our forefathers in the desert ate the manna, as the Scripture says, 'He gave them out of heaven bread to eat.'"

John 6:32 (show verse)

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of heaven,

John 6:33 (show verse)

for the bread that God gives is what comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."

John 6:34 (show verse)

Then they said to Him, "Give us that bread always, sir!"

John 6:35 (show verse)

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

John 6:36 (show verse)

But I have told you that, although you have seen me, yet you do not believe in me.

John 6:37 (show verse)

All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never, no, never reject anyone who comes to me,

John 6:38 (show verse)

because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me.

John 6:39 (show verse)

Now the will of Him who sent me is this, that I should lose none of all that He has given me, but should raise them to life on the last day.

John 6:40 (show verse)

For it is my Father's will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the last day."

John 6:41 (show verse)

Then the Jews began to grumble about His saying, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven."

John 6:42 (show verse)

And they said, "Is He not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? So how can He say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

John 6:43 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling to one another.

John 6:44 (show verse)

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; then I myself will raise him to life on the last day.

John 6:45 (show verse)

In the prophets it is written, 'And all men will be taught by God.' Everyone who ever listens to the Father and learns from Him will come to me.

John 6:46 (show verse)

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except Him who is from God; of course, He has seen the Father.

John 6:47 (show verse)

I most solemnly say to you, whoever believes in me possesses eternal life.

John 6:48 (show verse)

I am the bread that gives life.

John 6:49 (show verse)

Your forefathers in the desert ate the manna, and yet they died.

John 6:50 (show verse)

But here is the bread that comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat it and never die.

John 6:51 (show verse)

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."

John 6:52 (show verse)

But the Jews kept on wrangling with one another and saying, "How can He give us His flesh to eat?"

John 6:53 (show verse)

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you.

John 6:54 (show verse)

Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood already possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day.

John 6:55 (show verse)

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

John 6:56 (show verse)

Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood continues to live in union with me and I in union with him.

John 6:57 (show verse)

Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever keeps on eating me will live because of me.

John 6:58 (show verse)

This is the bread that comes down out of heaven; not as your forefathers ate the manna, and yet died. Whoever continues to eat this bread will live forever."

John 6:59 (show verse)

He said this as He taught in the synagogue at Capernaum.

John 6:60 (show verse)

So many of His disciples, when they heard it, said, "This teaching is hard to take in. Who can listen to it?"

John 6:61 (show verse)

But as Jesus naturally knew that His disciples were grumbling about this, He said to them, "Is this shocking to you?

John 6:62 (show verse)

Suppose you were to see the Son of Man going back where He was before?

John 6:63 (show verse)

The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life.

John 6:64 (show verse)

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

John 6:65 (show verse)

So He continued, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless it is granted to him by my Father."

John 6:66 (show verse)

As a result of this many of His disciples turned their backs on Him and stopped accompanying Him.

John 6:67 (show verse)

So Jesus said to the Twelve, "You too do not want to go back, do you?"

John 6:68 (show verse)

Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,

John 6:69 (show verse)

and we have come to believe, yes more, we know by experience, that you are the Holy One of God."

John 6:70 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "Did I not myself select you as the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

John 6:71 (show verse)

He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son, for he was going to betray Him, although he was one of the Twelve.