John Chapter 6 / Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John Chapter 6

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Some time after this,

Jesus crossed to the far shore of
the Sea of Galilee
(that is, the Sea of Tiberias),

and a great crowd of people
followed him

because
they saw the signs
he had performed by

healing the sick.

Then Jesus went up
on a mountainside and sat down
with his disciples.

The Jewish
Passover Festival was near.

When Jesus looked up and saw
a great crowd coming toward him,

he said to Philip,

“Where shall we buy bread

for these people to eat?”

He asked this only to test him,
for he already had in mind
what he was going to do.

Philip answered him,

“It would take

more than half a year’s wages

to buy enough bread

for each one to have a bite!”

Another of his disciples,
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,
spoke up,

“Here is a boy

with five small barley loaves

and two small fish, but how

far will they go among so many?”

Jesus said,

“Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass
in that place, and they sat down

(about five thousand

men were there).

Jesus

then

took the loaves,

gave thanks,

and distributed

to those who were seated

as much as they wanted.

He did the same with the fish.

When they had
all had enough to eat,

he said to his disciples,

“Gather the pieces

that are left over.

Let nothing be wasted.”

So they gathered them

and filled twelve baskets with

the pieces of the five barley loaves

left over by those who had eaten.

After the people saw the sign
Jesus performed,

they began to say,

“Surely this is the Prophet

who is to come into the world.”

Jesus,
knowing that
they intended to come and
make him king by force,

withdrew again
to a mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on the Water

When evening came,
his disciples went down to
the lake,

where they got into a boat
and set off across the lake for
Capernaum.

By now it was dark,

and Jesus had not yet
joined them.

A strong wind was blowing
and the waters grew rough.

When they had rowed
about three or four miles,

they saw Jesus

approaching the boat,

walking on the water;

and they were frightened.

But he said to them,

“It is I;

don’t be afraid.”

Then
they were willing
to take him into the boat,

and
immediately

the boat
reached the shore

where
they were heading.

The next day

the crowd that had stayed
on the opposite shore of the lake
realized that only one boat had been there,

and that Jesus had not entered it
with his disciples,

but that they had
gone away alone.

Then
some boats from Tiberias
landed near the place

where
the people had eaten the bread
after the Lord had
given thanks.

Once
the crowd realized that
neither Jesus nor his disciples
were there,

they
got into the boats
and went to Capernaum
in search of Jesus.

Jesus the Bread of Life

When
they found him
on the other side of the lake,

they asked him,

“Rabbi,
when did you get here?”

Jesus
answered,

“Very truly I tell you,

you are looking for me,

not because

you saw the signs

I performed

but because

you ate the loaves

and had your fill.

Do not work

for food that spoils,

but for food that

endures to eternal life,

which

the Son of Man

will give you.

For on him

God the Father has placed

his seal of approval.”

Then they asked him,

“What must we do

to do the works

God requires?”

Jesus answered,

“The work of God is this:

to believe

in the one

he has sent.”

So they asked him,

“What sign then will you give
that we may see it and believe you?
What will you do?

Our ancestors
ate the manna in the wilderness;
as it is written:

‘He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.’”

Jesus said to them,
“Very truly I tell you,

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.

For
the bread of God
is the bread

that
comes down from
heaven

and

gives life

to the world.”

“Sir,”
they said,

“always give us
this bread.”

Then
Jesus declared,

“I am the bread of life.

Whoever

comes to me

will never go hungry,

and whoever

believes in me

will never be thirsty.

But as I told you,
you have seen me and
still you do not believe.

All those the Father gives me
will come to me,

and whoever

comes to me I will never

drive away.

For I have come down
from heaven

not to do my will

but to do the will of him

who sent me.

And this is the will of him
who sent me,

that

I shall lose none

of all those

he has given me,

but raise them up

at the last day.

For my Father’s will is that

everyone who looks to the Son

and believes in him

shall have eternal life,

and I will raise them up

at the last day.”

At this
the Jews there
began to grumble about him
because he said,

“I am the bread that
came down from heaven.”

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’?”

“Stop grumbling

among yourselves,”

Jesus answered.

“No one

can come to me

unless

the Father who sent me

draws them,

and I will raise them up

at the last day.

It is written
in the Prophets:

‘They will all be

taught by God.’

Everyone who has heard

the Father and learned

from him comes to me.

No one has seen
the Father except the one
who is from God;

only he has seen the Father.

Very truly I tell you,

the one who believes has

eternal life.

I am the bread of life.

Your ancestors ate the manna
in the wilderness,

yet they died.

But here is the bread
that comes down from heaven,

which anyone

may eat and not die.

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I am the living bread

that came down from heaven.

Whoever eats this bread will live forever.

This bread is my flesh,

which I will give for

the life of the world.”

Then
the Jews began
to argue sharply among
themselves,

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

Jesus
said to them,
“Very truly I tell you,

unless
you eat the flesh of
the Son of Man and drink
his blood,

you have no life in you.

Whoever
eats my flesh
and drinks my blood

has eternal life,

and I will
raise them up
at the last day.

For
my flesh is real food
and my blood is real drink.

Whoever eats my flesh
and drinks my blood
remains in me,
and I in them.

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.

This is the bread
that came down from heaven.

Your ancestors
ate manna and died,

but whoever feeds
on this bread will live forever.”

He said this
while teaching in the synagogue
in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

On hearing it,
many of his disciples said,

“This is a hard teaching.
Who can accept it?”

Aware that his disciples were
grumbling about this,

Jesus said to them,

“Does this offend you?

Then what if

you see the Son of Man

ascend to where he was before!

The Spirit gives life;

the flesh counts for nothing.

The words

I have spoken

to you—

they are

full of the Spirit

and life.

Yet
there are some of you
who do not believe.”

For Jesus
had known from the beginning

which
of them did not believe

and who would

betray him.

He went on to say,

“This is why I told you

that no one can come to me

unless the Father has

enabled them.”

From this time
many of his disciples
turned back

and no longer
followed him.

“You do not want
to leave too, do you?”

Jesus asked the Twelve.

Simon Peter answered him,

“Lord, to whom shall we go?

You have the words of

eternal life.

We have come to believe

and to know that you are

the Holy One of God.”

Then Jesus replied,
“Have I not chosen you,
the Twelve?

Yet one of you is a devil!”

(He meant Judas,
the son of Simon Iscariot,
who, though one of the Twelve,
was later to betray him.)

요한복음 6장

6:1

그 후에 예수께서
디베랴의 갈릴리 바다 건너편으로
가시매

6:2

큰 무리가 따르니

이는
병자들에게 행하시는
표적을 보았음이러라

6:3

예수께서 산에 오르사
제자들과 함께 거기 앉으시니

6:4

마침 유대인의 명절인
유월절이 가까운지라

6:5

예수께서 눈을 들어
큰 무리가 자기에게로 오는 것을
보시고

빌립에게 이르시되
우리가 어디서 떡을 사서
이 사람들을 먹이겠느냐
하시니

6:6

이렇게 말씀하심은
친히 어떻게 하실 지를 아시고

빌립을 시험하고자 하심이라

6:7

빌립이 대답하되
각 사람으로 조금씩 받게
할지라도

이백 데나리온의 떡이
부족하리이다

6:8

제자 중 하나
곧 시몬 베드로의 형제

안드레가
예수께 여짜오되

6:9

여기 한 아이가 있어
보리떡 다섯 개와 물고기 두 마리를
가지고 있나이다

그러나 그것이
이 많은 사람에게 얼마나
되겠사옵나이까

6:10

예수께서 이르시되
이 사람들로 앉게 하라 하시니
그 곳에 잔디가 많은지라

사람들이 앉으니
수가 오천 명쯤 되더라

6:11

예수께서
떡을 가져 축사하신 후에

앉은 자들에게 나눠 주시고

물고기도 그렇게

그들의 원대로 주시니라

6:12

그들이
배부른 후에

예수께서
제자들에게 이르시되

남은 조각을 거두고

버리는 것이 없게 하라
하시므로

6:13

이에 거두니

보리떡 다섯 개로 먹고

남은 조각이

열두 바구니에 찼더라

6:14

그 사람들이 예수께서 행하신
이 표적을 보고 말하되

이는 참으로 세상에 오실
그 선지자라 하더라

6:15

그러므로
예수께서 그들이 와서 자기를
억지로 붙들어 임금으로 삼으려는 줄
아시고

다시 혼자
산으로 떠나가시니라

Jesus walking on the Sea of Galilee.
‘Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 2 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. ‘It?s a ghost,’ they said, and cried out in fear.’ Matthew 14: 25-26 Illustration by H M Brock 11 July 1875 ? 21 July 1960 (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

6:16

저물매
제자들이
바다에 내려가서

6:17

배를 타고 바다를 건너
가버나움으로 가는데

이미 어두웠고

예수는 아직 그들에게
오시지 아니하셨더니

6:18

큰 바람이 불어 파도가 일어나더라

6:19

제자들이 노를 저어
십여 리쯤 가다가

예수께서

바다 위로 걸어

배에 가까이 오심을 보고

두려워하거늘

6:20

이르시되

내니 두려워 말라 하신대

6:21

이에 기뻐서

배로 영접하니

배는 곧 그들이 가려던 땅에

이르렀더라

6:22

이튿날
바다 건너편에 서 있던
무리가

배 한 척 외에
다른 배가 거기 없는 것과

또 어제 예수께서
제자들과 함께 그 배에 오르지
아니하시고

제자들만 가는 것을
보았더니

6:23

(그러나 디베랴에서
배들이 주께서 축사하신 후
여럿이 떡 먹던 그곳에 가까이 왔더라)

6:24

무리가
거기에 예수도 안 계시고
제자들도 없음을 보고

곧 배들을 타고
예수를 찾으러 가버나움으로 가서

6:25

바다 건너편에서 만나
랍비여 언제 여기 오셨나이까 하니

6:26

예수께서 대답하여 이르시되
내가 진실로 진실로 너희에게 이르노니

너희가 나를 찾는 것은
표적을 본 까닭이 아니요

떡을 먹고
배부른 까닭이로다

6:27

썩는 양식을 위하여
일하지 말고

영생하도록 있는
양식을 위하여 하라

이 양식은
인자가 너희에게 주리니

인자는 아버지 하나님께서
인치신 자니라

6:28

그들이 묻되

우리가 어떻게 하여야

하나님의 일을 하오리이까

6:29

예수께서 대답하여
이르시되

하나님께서

보내신 이를

믿는 것이

하나님의

일이니라

하시니