John 6:25–40

Jesus the Bread of Life

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

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

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

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

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

³²Jesus 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. ³³For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^c and gives life to the world.”

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

³⁵Then Jesus declared, “I am^e the bread of life.^f Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^g in me will never be thirsty.^{h 36}But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. ³⁷All those the Father gives meⁱ will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. ³⁸For I have come down from heaven^j not to do my will but to do the will^k of him who sent me.^{l 39}And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^m but raise them up at the last day.^{n 40}For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^o and believes in him shall have eternal life,^p and I will raise them up at the last day.”