The Feeding of the Five Thousand
(Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17)
1 After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias), 2 and there was following him a great multitude , because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing; 3 and Jesus went up to the mount , and he was there sitting with his disciples, 4 and the passover was nigh , the feast of the Jews. 5 Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him , saith unto Philip , ‘Whence shall we buy loaves , that these may eat?’— 6 and this he said , trying him , for he himself had known what he was about to do. 7 Philip answered him , ‘Two hundred denaries’ worth of loaves are not sufficient to them , that each of them may receive some little;’ 8 one of his disciples —Andrew , the brother of Simon Peter —saith to him, 9 ‘There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves , and two fishes , but these —what are they to so many?’ 10 And Jesus said , ‘Make the men to sit down ;’ and there was much grass in the place , the men then sat down , in number , as it were, five thousand, 11 and Jesus took the loaves , and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining , in like manner , also of the little fishes as much as they wished. 12 And when they were filled , he saith to his disciples , ‘Gather together the broken pieces that are over , that nothing may be lost;’ 13 they gathered together , therefore , and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces , from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten. 14 The men , then , having seen the sign that Jesus did , said —‘This is truly the Prophet , who is coming to the world;’
15 Jesus , therefore , having known that they are about to come , and to take him by force that they may make him king , retired again to the mountain himself alone.
Jesus Walks on Water
(Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52)
16 And when evening came , his disciples went down to the sea, 17 and having entered into the boat , they were going over the sea to Capernaum , and darkness had already come , and Jesus had not come unto them, 18 the sea also —a great wind blowing —was being raised, 19 having pushed onwards , therefore , about twenty-five or thirty furlongs , they behold Jesus walking on the sea , and coming nigh to the boat , and they were afraid; 20 and he saith to them , ‘I am [he], be not afraid;’ 21 they were willing then to receive him into the boat , and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.
22 On the morrow , the multitude that was standing on the other side of the sea , having seen that there was no other little boat there except one —that into which his disciples entered—and that Jesus went not in with his disciples into the little boat , but his disciples went away alone, 23 (and other little boats came from Tiberias , nigh the place where they did eat the bread , the Lord having given thanks), 24 when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there , nor his disciples , they also themselves did enter into the boats , and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus; 25 and having found him on the other side of the sea , they said to him , ‘Rabbi , when hast thou come hither?’
Jesus the Bread of Life
26 Jesus answered them and said , ‘Verily , verily , I say to you , Ye seek me , not because ye saw signs , but because ye did eat of the loaves , and were satisfied; 27 work not for the food that is perishing , but for the food that is remaining to life age-during , which the Son of Man will give to you , for him did the Father seal —[even] God.’ 28 They said therefore unto him , ‘What may we do that we may work the works of God?’ 29 Jesus answered and said to them , ‘This is the work of God , that ye may believe in him whom He did send.’ 30 They said therefore to him , ‘What sign , then , dost thou , that we may see and may believe thee ? what dost thou work? 31 our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness , according as it is having been written , Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.’ 32 Jesus , therefore , said to them , ‘Verily , verily , I say to you , Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven ; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven; 33 for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven , and giving life to the world.’ 34 They said , therefore , unto him , ‘Sir , always give us this bread.’
35 And Jesus said to them , ‘I am the bread of the life ; he who is coming unto me may not hunger , and he who is believing in me may not thirst —at any time; 36 but I said to you , that ye also have seen me , and ye believe not; 37 all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me ; and him who is coming unto me , I may in no wise cast without, 38 because I have come down out of the heaven , not that I may do my will , but the will of Him who sent me. 39 ‘And this is the will of the Father who sent me , that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it , but may raise it up in the last day; 40 and this is the will of Him who sent me , that every one who is beholding the Son , and is believing in him , may have life age-during , and I will raise him up in the last day.’
41 The Jews , therefore , were murmuring at him , because he said , ‘I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;’ 42 and they said , ‘Is not this Jesus , the son of Joseph , whose father and mother we have known ? how then saith this one—Out of the heaven I have come down?’ 43 Jesus answered , therefore, and said to them , ‘Murmur not one with another; 44 no one is able to come unto me , if the Father who sent me may not draw him , and I will raise him up in the last day; 45 it is having been written in the prophets , And they shall be all taught of God ; every one therefore who heard from the Father , and learned , cometh to me; 46 not that any one hath seen the Father , except he who is from God , he hath seen the Father. 47 ‘Verily , verily , I say to you , He who is believing in me, hath life age-during; 48 I am the bread of the life; 49 your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness , and they died; 50 this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down , that any one may eat of it , and not die. 51 ‘I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven ; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live —to the age ; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh , that I will give for the life of the world.’
52 The Jews , therefore , were striving with one another , saying , ‘How is this one able to give us [his ] flesh to eat?’ 53 Jesus , therefore , said to them , ‘Verily , verily , I say to you , If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man , and may not drink his blood , ye have no life in yourselves; 54 he who is eating my flesh , and is drinking my blood , hath life age-during , and I will raise him up in the last day; 55 for my flesh truly is food , and my blood truly is drink; 56 he who is eating my flesh , and is drinking my blood , doth remain in me , and I in him. 57 ‘According as the living Father sent me , and I live because of the Father , he also who is eating me , even that one shall live because of me; 58 this is the bread that came down out of the heaven ; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died ; he who is eating this bread shall live —to the age.’
59 These things he said in a synagogue , teaching in Capernaum;
Many Disciples Turn Away
(Matthew 8:18-22; Luke 9:57-62; Luke 14:25-33)
60 many , therefore , of his disciples having heard , said , ‘This word is hard ; who is able to hear it?’ 61 And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this , said to them , ‘Doth this stumble you? 62 if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before? 63 the spirit it is that is giving life ; the flesh doth not profit anything ; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit , and they are life; 64 but there are certain of you who do not believe ;’ for Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who are not believing , and who is he who will deliver him up, 65 and he said , ‘Because of this{.htm" title="{"> I have said to you —No one is able to come unto me , if it may not have been given him from my Father.’
Peter's Confession of Faith
(Matthew 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-20)
66 From this [time] many of his disciples went away backward , and were no more walking with him, 67 Jesus , therefore , said to the twelve , ‘Do ye also wish to go away?’ 68 Simon Peter , therefore, answered him , ‘Sir , unto whom shall we go ? thou hast sayings of life age-during; 69 and we have believed , and we have known , that thou art the Christ , the Son of the living God.’ 70 Jesus answered them , ‘Did not I choose you —the twelve ? and of you —one is a devil. 71 And he spake of Judas , Simon’s [son], Iscariot , for he was about to deliver him up , being one of the twelve.