John 6:45-7:31

New King James Version

⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ^(A)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ ^(B)Therefore everyone who ^[a]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ^46 (C)Not that anyone has seen the Father, ^(D)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(E)he who believes ^[b]in Me has everlasting life. ^48 (F)I am the bread of life. ^49 (G)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (H)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(I)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(J)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore ^(K)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^(L)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ^54 (M)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is ^[c]food indeed, and My blood is ^[d]drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(N)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. ^58 (O)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(P)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

⁵⁹ These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

^60 (Q)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a ^[e]hard saying; who can understand it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples ^[f]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this ^[g]offend you? ^62 (R)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? ^63 (S)It is the Spirit who gives life; the ^(T)flesh profits nothing. The ^(U)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴ But ^(V)there are some of you who do not believe.” For ^(W)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore ^(X)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

^66 (Y)From that time many of His disciples went ^[h]back and walked with Him no more. ⁶⁷ Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

⁶⁸ But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(Z)the words of eternal life. ^69 (AA)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the ^[i]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, ^(AB)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, ^(AC)and one of you is a devil?” ⁷¹ He spoke of ^(AD)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would ^(AE)betray Him, being one of the twelve.

Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve

7 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, ^(AF)because the ^[j]Jews sought to kill Him. ^2 (AG)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. ^3 (AH)His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” ⁵ For ^(AI)even His ^(AJ)brothers did not believe in Him.

⁶ Then Jesus said to them, ^(AK)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. ^7 (AL)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me ^(AM)because I testify of it that its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to this feast. I am not ^[k]yet going up to this feast, ^(AN)for My time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.

The Heavenly Scholar

¹⁰ But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. ¹¹ Then ^(AO)the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?” ¹² And ^(AP)there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. ^(AQ)Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.” ¹³ However, no one spoke openly of Him ^(AR)for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and ^(AS)taught. ^15 (AT)And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

^16 [l]Jesus answered them and said, ^(AU)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ^17 (AV)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. ^18 (AW)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who ^(AX)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and ^(AY)no unrighteousness is in Him. ^19 (AZ)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? ^(BA)Why do you seek to kill Me?”

²⁰ The people answered and said, ^(BB)“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

²¹ Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. ^22 (BC)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, ^(BD)but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³ If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because ^(BE)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? ^24 (BF)Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

Could This Be the Christ?

²⁵ Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to ^(BG)kill? ²⁶ But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. ^(BH)Do the rulers know indeed that this is ^[m]truly the Christ? ^27 (BI)However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

²⁸ Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, ^(BJ)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and ^(BK)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me ^(BL)is true, ^(BM)whom you do not know. ^29 [n]But ^(BN)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

³⁰ Therefore ^(BO)they sought to take Him; but ^(BP)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. ³¹ And ^(BQ)many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”