John 6:28-71

28 Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?"

29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is ¹the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ²has sent."

30 So they said to Him, "³What then do You do for a ⁴sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

31 "⁵Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, '⁶HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.' "

32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

33 "For the bread of God is that which ⁷comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

34 Then they said to Him, "Lord, always ⁸give us this bread."

35 Jesus said to them, "⁹I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me ¹⁰will never * thirst.

36 "But ¹¹I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

37 "¹²All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly * not cast out.

38 "For ¹³I have come down from heaven, ¹⁴not to do My own will, but ¹⁵the will of Him who ¹⁶sent Me.

39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ¹⁷all that He has given Me I ¹⁸lose nothing, but ¹⁹raise it up on the last day.

40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ²⁰beholds the Son and ²¹believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ²²raise him up on the last day."

Words to the Jews

41 ²³Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that ²⁴came down out of heaven."

42 They were saying, "²⁵Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ²⁶we know? How does He now say, '²⁷I have come down out of heaven '?"

43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

44 "No one can come to Me unless * the Father who sent Me ²⁸draws him; and I will ²⁹raise him up on the last day.

45 "It is written ³⁰in the prophets, '³¹AND THEY SHALL ALL BE ³²TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 "³³Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

47 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ³⁴has eternal life.

48 "³⁵I am the bread of life.

49 "³⁶Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 "This is the bread which ³⁷comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ³⁸not die.

51 "³⁹I am the living bread that ⁴⁰came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ⁴¹he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give ⁴²for the life of the world is ⁴³My flesh."

52 ⁴⁴Then the Jews ⁴⁵began to argue with one another, saying, "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 ⁴⁶the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ⁴⁷raise him up on the last day.

55 "For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ⁴⁸abides in Me, and I in him.

57 "As the ⁴⁹living Father ⁵⁰sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

58 "This is the bread which ⁵¹came down out of heaven; not as ⁵²the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ⁵³will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ⁵⁴in the synagogue as He taught ⁵⁵in Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ⁵⁶disciples, when they heard this said, "⁵⁷This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ⁵⁸conscious * * that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this ⁵⁹cause you to stumble?

62 "What then if you see ⁶⁰the Son of Man ⁶¹ascending to where He was before?

63 "⁶²It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ⁶³the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 "But there are ⁶⁴some of you who do not believe." For Jesus ⁶⁵knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ⁶⁶who it was that would betray Him.

65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have ⁶⁷said to you, that no one can come to Me unless * ⁶⁸it has been granted him from the Father."

Peter's Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His ⁶⁹disciples ⁷⁰withdrew * and were not walking with Him anymore.

67 So Jesus said to ⁷¹the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"

68 ⁷²Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ⁷³words of eternal life.

69 "We have believed and have come to know that You are ⁷⁴the Holy One of God."

70 Jesus answered them, "⁷⁵Did I Myself not choose you, ⁷⁶the twelve, and yet one of you is ⁷⁷a devil?"

71 Now He meant Judas ⁷⁸the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, ⁷⁹one of ⁸⁰the twelve, was going to betray Him.

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Cross References 80

1. 1 Thessalonians 1:3; James 2:22; 1 John 3:23; Revelation 2:26
2. John 3:17
3. Matthew 12:38
4. John 6:2, 14, 26
5. Ex 16:4, 15, 21; Numbers 11:8; John 6:49, 58
6. Psalms 78:24; Exodus 16:4, 15; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalms 105:40
7. John 6:41, 50
8. John 4:15
9. John 6:48, 51
10. John 4:14
11. John 6:26
12. John 6:39; John 17:2, 24
13. John 3:13
14. Matthew 26:39
15. John 4:34; John 5:30
16. John 6:29
17. John 6:37; John 17:2, 24
18. John 17:12; John 18:9
19. Matthew 10:15; John 6:40, 44, 54; John 11:24
20. John 12:45; John 14:17, 19
21. John 3:16
22. Matthew 10:15; John 6:39, 44, 54; John 11:24
23. John 1:19; John 6:52
24. John 6:33, 51, 58
25. Luke 4:22
26. John 7:27
27. John 6:38, 62
28. Jeremiah 31:3; Hosea 11:4; John 6:65; John 12:32
29. John 6:39
30. Acts 7:42; Acts 13:40; Hebrews 8:11
31. Isaiah 54:13; Jeremiah 31:34
32. Philippians 3:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 John 2:27
33. John 1:18
34. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:51, 58; John 11:26
35. John 6:35, 51
36. John 6:31, 58
37. John 6:33
38. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51, 58; John 11:26
39. John 6:35, 48
40. John 6:41, 58
41. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 58; John 11:26
42. John 1:29; John 3:14; Hebrews 10:10; 1 John 4:10
43. John 6:53-56
44. John 1:19; John 6:41
45. John 9:16; John 10:19
46. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 62
47. John 6:39
48. John 15:4; John 17:23; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:15
49. Matthew 16:16; John 5:26
50. John 3:17; John 6:29, 38
51. John 6:33, 41, 51
52. John 6:31, 49
53. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51; John 11:26
54. Matthew 4:23
55. John 6:24
56. John 2:2; John 6:66; John 7:3
57. John 6:52
58. John 6:64
59. Matthew 11:6
60. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 53
61. Mark 16:19; John 3:13
62. 2 Corinthians 3:6
63. John 6:68
64. John 6:60, 66
65. John 2:25
66. Matthew 10:4; John 6:71; John 13:11
67. John 6:37, 44
68. Matthew 13:11; John 3:27
69. John 2:2; John 7:3
70. John 6:60, 64
71. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:70; John 20:24
72. Matthew 16:16
73. John 6:63; John 12:49; John 17:8
74. Mark 1:24; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20
75. John 15:16, 19
76. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:71; John 20:24
77. John 8:44; John 13:2, 27; John 17:12
78. John 12:4; John 13:2, 26
79. Mark 14:10
80. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:70; John 20:24

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "He who comes"
[b]. Or "hand Him over"
[c]. Or "was intending to"