John 6:25–40

Jesus Is the Bread of Life

²⁵They found him on the other side of the lake. They asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

²⁶Jesus answered, “What I’m about to tell you is true. You are not looking for me because you saw miraculous signs. You are looking for me because you ate the loaves until you were full. ²⁷Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

²⁸Then they asked him, “What does God want from us? What works does he want us to do?”

²⁹Jesus answered, “God’s work is to believe in the One he has sent.”

³⁰So they asked him, “What miraculous sign will you give us? What will you do so we can see it and believe you? ³¹Long ago our people ate the manna in the desert. It is written in Scripture, ‘The Lord gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

³²Jesus said to them, “What I’m about to tell you is true. It is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven. It is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³The bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven. He gives life to the world.”

³⁴“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread from now on.”

³⁵Then Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me will ever go hungry. And no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty.

³⁶“But it is just as I told you. You have seen me, and you still do not believe. ³⁷Everyone the Father gives me will come to me. I will never send away anyone who comes to me.

³⁸“I have not come down from heaven to do what I want to do. I have come to do what the One who sent me wants me to do. ³⁹The One who sent me doesn’t want me to lose anyone he has given me. He wants me to raise them up on the last day. ⁴⁰My Father wants all who look to the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day.”