Our Lord's Discourse To The Multitude In The
Synagague At Capernaum. Many Disciples
Turn Back. Peter's Profession Of Faith
66. John 6. 22-7. 1
22 The day following, when the people which stood on the
other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat
there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and
that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that
his disciples were gone away alone; 23 (Howbeit there came
other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did
eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 24 When the
people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his
disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum,
seeking for Jesus. 25 And when they had found him on the
other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest
thou hither? 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the
miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were
filled. 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for
that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son
of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father
sealed. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that
we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and
said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on
him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou
then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou
work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is
written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses
gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth
you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is
he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the
world. 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us
this bread. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of
life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst. 36 But I said unto you,
That ye also have seen me, and believe not. 37 All that the
Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For I came down from
heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent
me. 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that
of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but
should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will
of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and
believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise
him up at the last day. 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am
the bread which came down from heaven. 42 And they said,
Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother
we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from
heaven? 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,
Murmur not among yourselves. 44 No man can come to me,
except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will
raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets,
And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that
hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is
of God, he hath seen the Father. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto
you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 I am
that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the
wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which cometh
down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if
any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life
of the world. 52 The Jews therefore strove among
themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to
eat? 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his
blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at
the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is
drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father
hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me,
even he shall live by me. 58 This is that bread which came
down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and
are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 59
These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in
Capernaum. 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this,
said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus
knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said
unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see
the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the
spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew
from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who
should betray him. 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto
you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given
unto him of my Father. 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and
walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the
twelve, Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter
answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the
words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that
thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. 70 Jesus
answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of
you is a devil? 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of
Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the
twelve.
CHAPTER 7
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not
walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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