JUAN 6

Cuarto signo (6,1-15)

La multiplicación de los panes

(Mt 14,13-21; Mc 6,34-44; Lc 9,10-17)

1 Después de esto, Jesús pasó a la otra orilla del lago de Galileat (o de Tiberíades). 2 Lo seguía mucha gente, porque veían los milagrost que hacía con los enfermos.t 3 Jesús subió a un monte y se sentó allí con sus discípulos.t 4 Estaba próxima la Pascuat, fiesta principal de los judíos.

5 Al alzar Jesús la mirada y ver aquella gran multitud que acudía a él, dijo a Felipe:
— ¿Dónde podríamos comprar pan para que puedan comer todos estos?
6 Dijo esto para ver su reacción, pues él ya sabía lo que iba a hacer.

7 Felipe le respondió:
— Aunque se gastase uno el salario de más de medio añot, no alcanzaría para que cada uno de estos probase un bocado.

8 Otro de sus discípulos, Andrés, el hermano de Simón Pedro, intervino diciendo:t

9 — Aquí hay un muchacho que tiene cinco panes de cebada y dos peces; pero ¿qué es esto para tanta gente?t

10 Jesús dijo entonces:
— Hagan que se sienten todos.
Se sentaron todos sobre la hierba, que era muy abundante en aquel lugar. Eran unos cinco mil hombres. 11 Jesús tomó los panes y, después de dar gracias a Dios, los distribuyó entre los que estaban sentados. Y lo mismo hizo con los peces, hasta que se hartaron.

12 Cuando quedaron satisfechos, Jesús dijo a sus discípulos:
— Recojan lo que ha sobrado, para que no se pierda nada.
13 Lo hicieron así, y con lo que sobró a quienes comieron de los cinco panes de cebada, llenaron doce cestos.

14 La gente, por su parte, al ver aquel milagro, comentaba:
— Este hombre tiene que ser el profetat que iba a venir al mundo.t

15 Se dio cuenta Jesús de que pretendían llevárselo para proclamarlo rey, y se retiró de nuevo al monte él solo.t

Quinto signo (6,16—8,59)

Jesús camina sobre el agua

(Mt 14,22-27; Mc 6,45-52)

20 pero Jesús les dijo:
— Soy yo. No tengan miedo.t

21 Entonces quisieron subirlo a bordot, pero en seguida la barca tocó tierra en el lugar al que se dirigían.

La gente busca a Jesús

24 Al darse cuenta de que ni Jesús ni sus discípulos estaban allí, subieron a las barcas y se dirigieron a Cafarnaún en busca de Jesús.

Discurso sobre el pan de vida

25 Los que buscaban a Jesús lo encontraron al otro lado y le preguntaron:
— Maestrot, ¿cuándo llegaste aquí?

26 Jesús les contestó:
— Estoy seguro de que me buscan no por los milagros que han visto, sino porque comieron pan hasta saciarse.t

27 Deberían preocuparse no tanto por el alimento transitorio, cuanto por el duradero, el que da vida eterna. Este es el alimento que les dará el Hijo del hombre*, a quien Dios Padre ha acreditado con su sellot.t

28 Ellos le preguntaron:
— ¿Qué debemos hacer para portarnos como Dios quiere?

29 Jesús respondió:
— Lo que Dios espera de ustedes es que crean en su enviado.

30 Ellos replicaron:
— ¿Cuáles son tus credencialest para que creamos en ti? ¿Qué es lo que tú haces?t

31 Nuestros antepasados comieron el maná en el desierto, como dice la Escritura: Les dio a comer pan del cielo.t

32 Jesús les respondió:
— Yo les aseguro que no fue Moisés el que les dio pan del cielo. Mi Padre es quien les da el verdadero pan del cielo.

33 El pan que Dios da, baja del cielo y da vida al mundo.

34 Entonces le pidieron:
— Señor, danos siempre de ese pan.t

35 Jesús les contestó:
— Yo soyt el pan de la vida. El que viene a mí, jamás tendrá hambre; el que cree en mí, jamás tendrá sed.t 36 Pero ustedes, como ya les he dicho, no creen a pesar de haber vistot. 37 Todo aquel que el Padre me confía vendrá a mít, y yo no rechazaré al que venga a mí.t 38 Porque yo he bajado del cielo, no para hacer lo que yo deseo, sino lo que desea el que me ha enviado.t 39 Y lo que desea el que me ha enviado es que yo no pierda a ninguno de los que él me ha confiado, sino que los resucite en el último día.t

40 Mi Padre quiere que todos los que vean al Hijo y creant en él, tengan vida eterna; yo, por mi parte, los resucitaré en el último día.
41 Los judíos comenzaron a criticar a Jesús porque había dicho que él era “el pan que ha bajado del cielo”.t

42 Decían:
— ¿No es este Jesús, el hijo de José? Conocemos a su padre y a su madre. ¿Cómo se atreve a decir que ha bajado del cielo?t

43 Jesús replicó:
— Dejen ya de criticar entre ustedes. 44 Nadie puede creer en mí si no se lo concede el Padre que me envió; yo, por mi parte, lo resucitaré en el último día. 45 En los libros proféticos está escrito: Todos serán adoctrinados por Dios. Todo el que escucha al Padre y recibe su enseñanza, cree en mít.t 46 Esto no significa que alguien haya visto al Padre. Solamente aquel que ha venido de Dios, ha visto al Padre.t 47 Les aseguro que quien creet, tiene vida eterna. 48 Yo soy el pan de la vida.t 49 Los antepasados de ustedes comieron el maná en el desierto y, sin embargo, murieron. 50 Este, en cambio, es el pan que ha bajado del cielo para que, quien lo coma, no muera.

51 Yo soy el pan vivo que ha bajado del cielo. El que coma de este pan vivirá para siempre. Y el pan que yo voy a dar es mi carne, entregada para que el mundo tenga vida.t

52 Esto suscitó una fuerte discusión entre los judíos, que se preguntaban:
— ¿Cómo puede este darnos a comer su carne?

53 Jesús les dijo:
— Les aseguro que, si no comen la carne del Hijo del hombre y no beben su sangre, no tendrán vida en ustedes.t 54 El que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre, tiene vida eterna, y yo lo resucitaré en el último día. 55 Porque mi carne es verdadera comida y mi sangre es verdadera bebida. 56 El que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre, permanece en mí, y yo en él.t 57 El Padre, que me ha enviado, posee la vida y yo vivo gracias a él; así también, el que me coma vivirá gracias a mí.

58 Este es el pan que ha bajado del cielo, y que no es como el que comieron los antepasadost y murieron; el que come de este pan vivirá para siempre.

59 Todo esto lo enseñó Jesús en la sinagoga de Cafarnaún.

Palabras de vida eterna

60 Al oír esto, muchos de los que seguían a Jesús dijeron:
— Esta enseñanza es inadmisible. ¿Quién puede aceptarla?

61 Jesús se dio cuenta de que muchos de sus seguidores criticaban su enseñanza, y les dijo:
— ¿Se les hace duro aceptar esto? 62 Pues ¿qué ocurriría si vieran al Hijo del hombre subir a donde estaba antes?t 63 Es el espíritu el que da vida; la carne no sirve para nada. Las palabras que les he dicho son espíritu y vida.t

64 Pero algunos de ustedes no creen.
Es que Jesús sabía desde el principio quiénes eran los que no creían y quién era el que lo iba a traicionar.t

65 Y añadió:
— Por eso les he dicho que nadie puede creer en mít si no se lo concede mi Padre.
66 Desde entonces, muchos discípulos suyos se volvieron atrás y ya no andaban con él.

67 Jesús preguntó a los Doce:
— ¿También ustedes quieren dejarme?

68 Simón Pedro le respondió:
— Señor, ¿a quién iríamos? Sólo tus palabras dan vida eterna.

69 Nosotros creemos y sabemos que tú eres el Santo de Diost.t

70 Jesús replicó:
— ¿No los elegí yo a los Doce? Sin embargo, uno de ustedes es un diablo.t
71 Se refería a Judas, hijo de Simón Iscariote. Porque Judas, que era uno de los Doce, lo iba a traicionar.t

John 6

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

1 After thist Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).s2 A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.3 So Jesus went on up the mountainsides and sat down there with his disciples.4 (Now the Jewish feast of the Passovers was near.)s5 Then Jesus, when he looked upt and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”6 (Now Jesust said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)s7 Philip replied,t “Two hundred silver coins wortht of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”8 One of Jesus’ disciples,t Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what goodt are these for so many people?”
10 Jesus said, “Havet the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.)s So the ment sat down, about five thousand in number.11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish,t as much as they wanted.12 When they were all satisfied, Jesust said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.”

13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loavess left over by the people who had eaten.
14 Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesust performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophetswho is to come into the world.”s

15 Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.s

Walking on Water

16 Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,t17 got into a boat, and started to cross the laket to Capernaum.s (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)s18 By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.19 Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles,ts they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake,t approaching the boat, and they were frightened.20 But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”

21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.
22 The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the laket realized that only one small boatst had been there, and that Jesus had not boardedt it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.23 But some boats from Tiberiass came to shoret near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.ss

24 So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boatst and came to Capernaums looking for Jesus.

Jesus’ Discourse About the Bread of Life

25 When they found him on the other side of the lake,t they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”s26 Jesus replied,t “I tell you the solemn truth,t you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.t

27 Do not work for the food that disappears,ts but for the food that remains to eternal life – the foodt which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”t
28 So then they said to him, “What must we do to accomplish the deedst God requires?”t29 Jesus replied,t “This is the deedt God requirest – to believe in the one whom het sent.”30 So they said to him, “Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?

31 Our ancestorst ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”s
32 Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth,t it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.33 For the bread of God is the one whot comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 So they said to him, “Sir,t give us this bread all the time!”
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.ts36 But I told yout that you have seen mes and still do not believe.37 Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.t38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.39 Now this is the will of the one who sent me – that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all upt at the last day.

40 For this is the will of my Father – for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him upt at the last day.”s
41 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesust began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”42 and they said, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”43 Jesus replied,t “Do not complain about me to one another.t44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,ts and I will raise him up at the last day.45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’s Everyone who hears and learns from the Fathert comes to me.46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God – het has seen the Father.)s47 I tell you the solemn truth,t the one who believess has eternal life.t48 I am the bread of life.t49 Your ancestorst ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.50 Thist is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a persont may eat from it and not die.

51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The breadt that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesust began to argue with one another,t “How can this mant give us his flesh to eat?”53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth,t unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,s you have no lifet in yourselves.54 The one who eatst my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.s55 For my flesh is truet food, and my blood is truet drink.56 The one who eatst my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.s57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumest me will live because of me.

58 Thist is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestorst ate, but then later died.t The one who eatst this bread will live forever.”

Many Followers Depart

59 Jesust said these things while he was teaching in the synagogues in Capernaum.s60 Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things,t said, “This is a difficultt saying!t Who can understand it?”t61 When Jesus was awaret that his disciples were complainingt about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended?ts62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?t63 The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help!t The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.t64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)s

65 So Jesus added,t “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”t

Peter’s Confession

66 After this many of his disciples quit following himt and did not accompany himt any longer.67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”t68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.69 Wet have come to believe and to knows that you are the Holy One of God!”ss70 Jesus replied,t “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?”t

71 (Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot,s for Judas,t one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)s