John 6-7

English Standard Version

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

6 After this ^(A)Jesus went away to the other side of ^(B)the Sea of Galilee, which is ^(C)the Sea of Tiberias. ² And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. ³ Jesus went up on ^(D)the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. ⁴ Now ^(E)the Passover, the ^(F)feast of the Jews, was at hand. ^5 (G)Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to ^(H)Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” ⁶ He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. ^7 (I)Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii^[a] worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” ⁸ One of his disciples, ^(J)Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, ⁹ “There is a boy here who has five ^(K)barley loaves and two fish, but ^(L)what are they for so many?” ¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” ^(M)Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. ¹¹ Jesus then took the loaves, and ^(N)when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹² And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” ¹³ So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. ¹⁴ When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, ^(O)“This is indeed ^(P)the Prophet ^(Q)who is to come into the world!”

^15 (R)Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus ^(S)withdrew again to ^(T)the mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on Water

¹⁶ When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸ The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹ When they had rowed about three or four miles,^[b] they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. ^20 (U)But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” ²¹ Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

I Am the Bread of Life

²² On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only ^(V)one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. ²³ Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord ^(W)had given thanks. ^24 (X)So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and ^(Y)went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵ When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, ^(Z)“Rabbi, when did you come here?” ²⁶ Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AA)you are seeking me, not because you saw ^(AB)signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. ^27 (AC)Do not work for the food that perishes, but for ^(AD)the food that endures to eternal life, which ^(AE)the Son of Man will give to you. For on ^(AF)him God the Father has ^(AG)set his seal.” ²⁸ Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing ^(AH)the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, ^(AI)that you believe in him whom ^(AJ)he has sent.” ³⁰ So they said to him, ^(AK)“Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? ^31 (AL)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^(AM)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ³² Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is ^(AN)he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ They said to him, ^(AO)“Sir, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, ^(AP)“I am the bread of life; ^(AQ)whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. ³⁶ But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. ^37 (AR)All that ^(AS)the Father gives me will come to me, and ^(AT)whoever comes to me I will never cast out. ³⁸ For ^(AU)I have come down from heaven, not to do ^(AV)my own will but ^(AW)the will of him ^(AX)who sent me. ³⁹ And ^(AY)this is the will of him who sent me, ^(AZ)that I should lose nothing of ^(BA)all that he has given me, but ^(BB)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^(BC)looks on the Son and ^(BD)believes in him ^(BE)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

⁴¹ So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, ^(BF)“I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴² They said, ^(BG)“Is not this Jesus, ^(BH)the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(BI)we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” ⁴³ Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. ⁴⁴ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me ^(BJ)draws him. And ^(BK)I will raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets, ^(BL)‘And they will all be ^(BM)taught by God.’ ^(BN)Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— ^46 (BO)not that anyone has seen the Father except ^(BP)he who is from God; he ^(BQ)has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(BR)whoever believes has eternal life. ^48 (BS)I am the bread of life. ^49 (BT)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and ^(BU)they died. ^50 (BV)This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it ^(BW)and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(BX)that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give ^(BY)for the life of the world is ^(BZ)my flesh.”

⁵² The Jews then ^(CA)disputed among themselves, saying, ^(CB)“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(CC)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^(CD)have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(CE)has eternal life, and ^(CF)I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(CG)abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As ^(CH)the living Father ^(CI)sent me, and ^(CJ)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58 (CK)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread^[c] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ Jesus^[d] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught ^(CL)at Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

^60 (CM)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(CN)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? ⁶² Then what if you were to see ^(CO)the Son of Man ^(CP)ascending to ^(CQ)where he was before? ^63 (CR)It is the Spirit who gives life; ^(CS)the flesh is no help at all. ^(CT)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But ^(CU)there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus ^(CV)knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ^(CW)who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he said, “This is why I told you ^(CX)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

^66 (CY)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(CZ)the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(DA)the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and ^(DB)we have believed, and have come to know, that ^(DC)you are ^(DD)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, ^(DE)“Did I not choose you, ^(DF)the twelve? And yet one of you is ^(DG)a devil.” ⁷¹ He spoke of Judas ^(DH)the son of Simon Iscariot, for ^(DI)he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because ^(DJ)the Jews^[e] were seeking to kill him. ² Now ^(DK)the Jews' Feast of ^(DL)Booths was at hand. ^3 (DM)So his brothers^[f] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. ⁴ For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ^(DN)show yourself to the world.” ^5 (DO)For not even ^(DP)his brothers believed in him. ⁶ Jesus said to them, ^(DQ)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. ⁷ The world cannot hate you, but ^(DR)it hates me because I testify about it that ^(DS)its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to the feast. I am not^[g] going up to this feast, for ^(DT)my time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

¹⁰ But after ^(DU)his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. ^11 (DV)The Jews ^(DW)were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” ¹² And there was much ^(DX)muttering about him among the people. ^(DY)While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, ^(DZ)he is leading the people astray.” ¹³ Yet ^(EA)for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

¹⁴ About the middle of the feast Jesus went up ^(EB)into the temple and began teaching. ¹⁵ The Jews therefore ^(EC)marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,^[h] when he has never studied?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them, ^(ED)“My teaching is not mine, but his ^(EE)who sent me. ^17 (EF)If anyone's will is to do God's^[i] will, ^(EG)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I ^(EH)am speaking on my own authority. ¹⁸ The one who speaks on his own authority ^(EI)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. ^19 (EJ)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. ^(EK)Why do you seek to kill me?” ²⁰ The crowd answered, ^(EL)“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did ^(EM)one work, and you all marvel at it. ^22 (EN)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^(EO)from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³ If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, ^(EP)are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? ^24 (EQ)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

²⁵ Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom ^(ER)they seek to kill? ²⁶ And here he is, ^(ES)speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^(ET)the authorities really know that this is the Christ? ²⁷ But ^(EU)we know ^(EV)where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ^(EW)no one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸ So Jesus proclaimed, ^(EX)as he taught in the temple, ^(EY)“You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^(EZ)I have not come of my own accord. ^(FA)He who sent me is true, ^(FB)and him you do not know. ^29 (FC)I know him, for I come ^(FD)from him, and ^(FE)he sent me.” ^30 (FF)So they were seeking to arrest him, but ^(FG)no one laid a hand on him, ^(FH)because his hour had not yet come. ³¹ Yet ^(FI)many of the people believed in him. They said, ^(FJ)“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd ^(FK)muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent ^(FL)officers to arrest him. ³³ Jesus then said, ^(FM)“I will be with you a little longer, and then ^(FN)I am going to him who sent me. ^34 (FO)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” ³⁵ The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ^(FP)Does he intend to go to ^(FQ)the Dispersion among ^(FR)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What does he mean by saying, ^(FS)‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

^37 (FT)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^(FU)“If anyone thirsts, let him ^(FV)come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believes in me, ^(FW)as^[j] the Scripture has said, ^(FX)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^(FY)living water.’” ³⁹ Now ^(FZ)this he said about the Spirit, ^(GA)whom those who believed in him were to receive, ^(GB)for as yet the Spirit had not been ^(GC)given, ^(GD)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

⁴⁰ When they heard these words, ^(GE)some of the people said, “This really is ^(GF)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(GG)the Christ.” But some said, ^(GH)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ^(GI)from the offspring of David, and comes ^(GJ)from Bethlehem, the village ^(GK)where David was?” ⁴³ So there was ^(GL)a division among the people over him. ^44 (GM)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

^45 (GN)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” ⁴⁶ The officers answered, ^(GO)“No one ever spoke like this man!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees answered them, ^(GP)“Have you also been deceived? ^48 (GQ)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” ^50 (GR)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, ^51 (GS)“Does our law judge a man without first ^(GT)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” ⁵² They replied, ^(GU)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ^(GV)no prophet arises from Galilee.”

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]^[k]

The Woman Caught in Adultery

⁵³ [[They went each to his own house,