JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE

John 6:25-59

25 When they found Him on the other side of the lake,

They asked him, Rabbi, “when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for Me,

Not because you saw miraculous signs

But because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

27 DO NOT WORK FOR FOOD THAT SPOILS,

BUT FOR FOOD THAT ENDURES TO ETERNAL LIFE.

WHICH THE SON OF MAN WILL GIVE YOU.

ON HIM GOD THE FATHER HAS PLACED

HIS SEAL OF APPROVAL.'

28 Then they asked him,

'WHAT MUST WE DO

TO DO THE WORKS GOD REQUIRES?'

29 Jesus answered,

'THE WORK OF GOD IS THIS:

TO BELIEVE THE ONE HE HAS SENT.'

30 So they asked Him,

“What miraculous sign then will You give

That we may see it and believe You?”

What will You do?

31 Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert;

As it is written:

‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’

32 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth,

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.

33 For the bread of God is He Who comes down from Heaven

AND GIVES LIFE TO THE WORLD.”

34 'Sir,' they said, 'from now on give us this bread.'

35 Then Jesus declared,

'I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.

He who comes to Me will never go hungry,

And he who believes in Me will never be thirsty.

36 But as I told you, you have seen Me

AND STILL YOU DO NOT BELIEVE.

37 ALL THE FATHER GIVES ME WILL COME TO ME,

And whoever comes to Me I will never drive away.

38 For I have come down from Heaven not to do My will

But to do the will of Him Who sent Me.

39 And this is the will of Him Who sent Me,

That I shall lose none of all that He has given Me,

BUT RAISE THEM UP AT THE LAST DAY.

40 FOR MY FATHER'S WILL IS

THAT EVERYONE WHO LOOKS TO THE SON

AND BELIEVES HIM

SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,

AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.'

41 At this the Jews

Began to grumble about Him because He said,

'I AM THE BREAD

THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.'

42 They said , 'Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,

Whose father and mother we know?

How can He now say, ’I came down from Heaven’?'

43 'Stop grumbling among yourselves,' Jesus answered.

44 'NO ONE CAN COME TO ME

UNLESS THE FATHER WHO SENT ME DRAWS HIM,

And I will raise him up at the Last Day.

45 It is written in the Prophets;

'THEY WILL BE TAUGHT BY GOD.'

Everyone who listens to the Father

And learns from Him comes to Me.

46 NO ONE HAS SEEN THE FATHER

EXCEPT THE ONE WHO IS FROM GOD;

Only He has seen the Father.

47 I tell you the truth,

HE WHO BELEIVES HAS EVERLASTING LIFE.

48 I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.

49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert,

Yet they died.

50 But here is the bread that comes down from Heaven,

WHICH A MAN MAY EAT AND NOT DIE.

51 I AM THE LIVING BREAD

THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.

If a man eats of this bread he will live forever.

This bread is My flesh,

Which I will give for the life of the World.”

52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves,

“How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

53 Jesus said to them,

'I TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

UNLESS YOU EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN

AND DRINK HIS BLOOD, YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.

54 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 real food and My blood real drink.

56 WHOEVER EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD

REMAINS IN ME, AND I IN HIM.

57 Just as the living Father sent Me

And I live because of the Father,

SO THE ONE WHO FEEDS ON ME

WILL LIVE BECAUSE OF ME.

58 This is the bread that came down from heaven.

Our forefathers ate manna and died,

But he who feeds on this bread will live forever.'

59 He said this while teaching in the Synagogue in Capernaum.

(John 6:25-59)