John 6

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW JERUSALEM
1 After these things, Jesus traveled across the sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.	1 After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee -- or of Tiberias-
2 And a great multitude was following him, for they saw the signs that he was accomplishing toward those who were infirm.	2 and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick.
3 Therefore, Jesus went onto a mountain, and he sat down there with his disciples.	3 Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples.
4 Now the Passover, the feast day of the Jews, was near.	4 The time of the Jewish Passover was near.
5 And so, when Jesus had lifted up his eyes and had seen that a very great multitude came to him, he said to Philip, “From where should we buy bread, so that these may eat?”	5 Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread forthese people to eat?'
6 But he said this to test him. For he himself knew what he would do.	6 He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii of bread would not be sufficient for each of them to receive even a little.”	7 Philip answered, 'Two hundred denari would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.'
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him:	8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said,
9 “There is a certain boy here, who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are these among so many?”	9 'Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?'
10 Then Jesus said, “Have the men sit down to eat.” Now, there was much grass in that place. And so the men, in number about five thousand, sat down to eat.	10 Jesus said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass there, and as many as fivethousand men sat down.
11 Therefore, Jesus took the bread, and when he had given thanks, he distributed it to those who were sitting down to eat; similarly also, from the fish, as much as they wanted.	11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he thendid the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted.
12 Then, when they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments that are left over, lest they be lost.”	12 When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, 'Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing iswasted.'
13 And so they gathered, and they filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which were left over from those who had eaten.	13 So they picked them up and fil ed twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of fivebarley loaves.
14 Therefore, those men, when they had seen that Jesus had accomplished a sign, they said, “Truly, this one is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”	14 Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, 'This is indeed the prophet who is to come into theworld.'
15 And so, when he realized that they were going to come and take him away and make him king, Jesus fled back to the mountain, by himself alone.	15 Jesus, as he realised they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back tothe hil s alone.
16 Then, when evening arrived, his disciples descended to the sea.	16 That evening the disciples went down to the shore of the sea
17 And when they had climbed into a boat, they went across the sea to Capernaum. And darkness had now arrived, and Jesus had not returned to them.	17 and got into a boat to make for Capernaum on the other side of the sea. It was getting dark by nowand Jesus had stil not rejoined them.
18 Then the sea was stirred up by a great wind that was blowing.	18 The wind was strong, and the sea was getting rough.
19 And so, when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were afraid.	19 They had rowed three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming towards theboat. They were afraid,
20 But he said to them: “It is I. Do not be afraid.”	20 but he said, 'It's me. Don't be afraid.'
21 Therefore, they were willing to receive him into the boat. But immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.	21 They were ready to take him into the boat, and immediately it reached the shore at the place they weremaking for.
22 On the next day, the crowd which was standing across the sea saw that there were no other small boats in that place, except one, and that Jesus had not entered into the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had departed alone.	22 Next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side saw that only one boat had been there, and thatJesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had set off by themselves.
23 Yet truly, other boats came over from Tiberias, next to the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord gave thanks.	23 Other boats, however, had put in from Tiberias, near the place where the bread had been eaten.
24 Therefore, when the crowd had seen that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they climbed into the small boats, and they went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.	24 When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into those boats andcrossed to Capernaum to look for Jesus.
25 And when they had found him across the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”	25 When they found him on the other side, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when did you come here?'
26 Jesus answered them and said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen signs, but because you have eaten from the bread and were satisfied.	26 Jesus answered: In al truth I tel you, you are looking for me not because you have seen the signs butbecause you had al the bread you wanted to eat.
27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”	27 Do not work for food that goes bad, but work for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son ofman wil give you, for on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal.
28 Therefore, they said to him, “What should we do, so that we may labor in the works of God?”	28 Then they said to him, 'What must we do if we are to carry out God's work?'
29 Jesus responded and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent.”	29 Jesus gave them this answer, 'This is carrying out God's work: you must believe in the one he hassent.'
30 And so they said to him: “Then what sign will you do, so that we may see it and believe in you? What will you work?	30 So they said, 'What sign wil you yourself do, the sight of which wil make us believe in you? What workwil you do?
31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert, just as it has been written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”	31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as scripture says: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'
32 Therefore, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.	32 Jesus answered them: In al truth I tel you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, itis my Father who gives you the bread from heaven, the true bread;
33 For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.”	33 for the bread of God is the bread which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
34 And so they said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”	34 'Sir,' they said, 'give us that bread always.'
35 Then Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.	35 Jesus answered them: I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me wil ever hunger; no one whobelieves in me wil ever thirst.
36 But I say to you, that even though you have seen me, you do not believe.	36 But, as I have told you, you can see me and stil you do not believe.
37 All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out.	37 Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; I will certainly not reject anyone who comes tome,
38 For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.	38 because I have come from heaven, not to do my own wil , but to do the wil of him who sent me.
39 Yet this is the will of the Father who sent me: that I should lose nothing out of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise them up on the last day.	39 Now the wil of him who sent me is that I should lose nothing of al that he has given to me, but that Ishould raise it up on the last day.
40 So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”	40 It is my Father's wil that whoever sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and that Ishould raise that person up on the last day.
41 Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: “I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.”	41 Meanwhile the Jews were complaining to each other about him, because he had said, 'I am the breadthat has come down from heaven.'
42 And they said: “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Then how can he say: ‘For I descended from heaven?’ ”	42 They were saying, 'Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know. How can henow say, "I have come down from heaven?" '
43 And so Jesus responded and said to them: “Do not choose to murmur among yourselves.	43 Jesus said in reply to them, 'Stop complaining to each other.
44 No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day.	44 'No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I wil raise that person up onthe last day.
45 It has been written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to me.	45 It is written in the prophets: They wil al be taught by God; everyone who has listened to the Father,and learnt from him, comes to me.
46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God; this one has seen the Father.	46 Not that anybody has seen the Father, except him who has his being from God: he has seen theFather.
47 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life.	47 In al truth I tel you, everyone who believes has eternal life.
48 I am the bread of life.	48 I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died.	49 Your fathers ate manna in the desert and they are dead;
50 This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die.	50 but this is the bread which comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die.
51 I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.	51 I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever;and the bread that I shal give is my flesh, for the life of the world.'
52 If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.”	52 Then the Jews started arguing among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'
53 Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”	53 Jesus replied to them: In al truth I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink hisblood, you have no life in you.
54 And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you.	54 Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shal raise that person up onthe last day.
55 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.	55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
56 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.	56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in that person.
57 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.	57 As the living Father sent me and I draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me wil also draw lifefrom me.
58 Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so also whoever eats me, the same shall live because of me.	58 This is the bread which has come down from heaven; it is not like the bread our ancestors ate: theyare dead, but anyone who eats this bread wil live for ever.
59 This is the bread that descends from heaven. It is not like the manna that your fathers ate, for they died. Whoever eats this bread shall live forever.”	59 This is what he taught at Capernaum in the synagogue.
60 He said these things when he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.	60 After hearing it, many of his fol owers said, 'This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?'
61 Therefore, many of his disciples, upon hearing this, said: “This saying is difficult,” and, “Who is able to listen to it?”	61 Jesus was aware that his fol owers were complaining about it and said, 'Does this disturb you?
62 But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them: “Does this offend you?	62 What if you should see the Son of man ascend to where he was before?
63 Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before?	63 'It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spiritand they are life.
64 It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh does not offer anything of benefit. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.	64 'But there are some of you who do not believe.' For Jesus knew from the outset who did not believeand who was to betray him.
65 But there are some among you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who were unbelieving and which one would betray him.	65 He went on, 'This is why I told you that no one could come to me except by the gift of the Father.'
66 And so he said, “For this reason, I said to you that no one is able to come to me, unless it has been given to him by my Father.”	66 After this, many of his disciples went away and accompanied him no more.
67 After this, many of his disciples went back, and they no longer walked with him.	67 Then Jesus said to the Twelve, 'What about you, do you want to go away too?'
68 Therefore, Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”	68 Simon Peter answered, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the message of eternal life,
69 Then Simon Peter answered him: “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.	69 and we believe; we have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.'
70 And we have believed, and we recognize that you are the Christ, the Son of God.”	70 Jesus replied to them, 'Did I not choose the Twelve of you? Yet one of you is a devil.'
71 Jesus answered them: “Have I not chosen you twelve? And yet one among you is a devil.”	71 He meant Judas son of Simon Iscariot, since this was the man, one of the Twelve, who was to betrayhim.
72 Now he was speaking about Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. For this one, even though he was one of the twelve, was about to betray him.