24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

Jesus the Bread of Life

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

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,q not because you saw the signsr I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that enduress to eternal life,t which the Son of Manu will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his sealv of approval.”

28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believew in the one he has sent.”x

30 So they asked him, “What signy then will you give that we may see it and believe you?z What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the mannaa in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’c”b

32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heavenc and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”d

35 Then Jesus declared, “I ame the bread of life.f Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believesg in me will never be thirsty.h