John 6:22–42

²²On the next day, ^athe crowd which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus ^bhad not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

²³Other small boats came from ^aTiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ^bLord ^chad given thanks.

²⁴So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and ^acame to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

²⁵And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “^aRabbi, when did You come here?”

I Am the Bread of Life

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you ^aseek Me, not because you saw ^bsigns, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

²⁷“Do not ^awork for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to ^beternal life, which ^cthe Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, ^dset His seal.”

²⁸Therefore they said to Him, “What should we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, “This is ^athe work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ^bhas sent.”

³⁰So they said to Him, “^aWhat then do You do for a ^bsign so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

³¹“^aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘^bHe gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

³²Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

³³“For the bread of God is ¹that which ^acomes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

³⁴Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^agive us this bread.”

³⁵Jesus said to them, “^aI am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me ^bwill never thirst.

³⁶“But ^aI said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

³⁷“^aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out.

³⁸“For ^aI have come down from heaven, ^bnot to do My own will, but ^cthe will of Him who ^dsent Me.

³⁹“Now this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^aall that He has given Me I ^blose nothing, but ^craise it up on the last day.

⁴⁰“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ^asees the Son and ^bbelieves in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ^craise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

^41aTherefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that ^bcame down from heaven.”

⁴²They were saying, “^aIs not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^bwe know? How does He now say, ‘^cI have come down from heaven’?”