约翰福音 6

耶稣使五千人吃饱

1 事后，耶稣渡过加利利湖，就是提比哩亚海。

2 许多人因为见过耶稣治病的神迹，就跟随了祂。3 耶稣到了山上，与门徒一起坐下来。4 那时，犹太人的逾越节快到了。5 耶稣举目看见一大群人向祂走来，就对腓力说：“我们到哪里去买饼给他们吃呢？”6 祂这样说是想试试腓力，其实祂知道应该怎么做。

7 腓力回答说：“就算买二百个银币t的饼，也不够他们每人一口啊！”

8 另外一个门徒——西门·彼得的弟弟安得烈对耶稣说：9 “这里有个小孩子带了五个大麦饼和两条鱼。不过，这么多人，这一点东西实在无济于事。”

10 耶稣说：“你们叫大家坐下。”那地方草很多，众人便坐下来，当时在场的男人大约有五千。11 耶稣拿起饼来祝谢后，分给坐着的众人，然后又照样分鱼，众人可以随意吃。12 他们吃饱后，耶稣对门徒说：“把剩下的零碎收拾起来，免得浪费。”

13 他们便把大家吃剩的那五个大麦饼的零碎收拾起来，装满了十二个篮子。14 大家看见耶稣行的这个神迹，都说：“这人真是那位要来到世上的先知！”15 耶稣知道他们想强行立祂做王，便独自退到山上。

耶稣在湖面上行走

16 傍晚的时候，门徒来到湖边，17 上了船，去湖对岸的迦百农。天色已暗，耶稣还没到他们那里。18 忽然，湖面上狂风大作，波涛汹涌。19 门徒摇橹，大约行了五六公里，突然看见耶稣在水面上朝他们的船走来，他们很害怕。20 耶稣对他们说：“是我，不要怕。”21 于是门徒欢然接祂上船，船立刻到了目的地。

生命之粮

22 第二天，留在对岸的众人看见那里只有一条船，耶稣没有和门徒一起坐船离开。23 后来有几条从提比哩亚来的小船停泊在岸边，靠近主祝谢后让众人吃饼的地方。24 他们发现耶稣和门徒都不在那里，就乘船到迦百农去找祂。

25 他们在湖对岸找到了耶稣，对祂说：“老师，你什么时候到这里来的？”

26 耶稣回答说：“我实实在在地告诉你们，你们找我，并不是因为看见了神迹，而是因为你们有饼吃，并且吃饱了。27 不要为那必坏的食物劳苦，要为那存到永生的食物，就是人子要赐给你们的食物劳苦，因为父上帝把这权柄交给了人子。”

28 众人问祂：“我们要怎样做，才算是做上帝的工作呢？”

29 耶稣说：“信上帝所差来的那位，就是做上帝的工作。”

30 他们又问：“那么，你行什么神迹让我们看了可以信你呢？你要做什么呢？31 我们的祖先在旷野有吗哪吃，正如圣经上说，‘祂赐下天粮给他们吃。’”

32 耶稣却说：“我实实在在地告诉你们，不是摩西从天上赐给了你们粮食，而是我父将天上的真粮食赐给你们。33 因为上帝赐的粮就是从天降下、赐生命给世人的那位。”

34 他们说：“先生，求你把这种粮食天天赐给我们吧。”

35 耶稣说：“我就是生命的粮，到我这里来的人必定不饿，信我的人必永远不渴。36 但我对你们说过，你们虽然亲眼看见我，仍然不信。37 凡父赐给我的人，必到我这里来。到我这里来的，我总不丢弃他。38 因为我从天上下来，不是要成就自己的旨意，而是要成就差我来者的旨意。39 差我来者的旨意是，祂所赐给我的，我一个也不失掉，在末日我要叫他们复活。40 因为我父的旨意是要叫一切看见儿子并相信的人得到永生，在末日，我要叫他们复活。”

41 犹太人听见耶稣说自己是从天上降下来的粮，就小声议论，42 说：“这不是约瑟的儿子耶稣吗？他的父母，我们都认识，他现在怎么能说自己是从天上降下来的呢？”

43 耶稣回答他们说：“你们不用议论纷纷。44 如果不是差我来的父吸引人到我这里来，没有人能来。到我这里来的，在末日，我要叫他复活。45 先知书上这样说，‘他们都要受上帝的训诲’，这里是指凡听从父的教导又去效法的人，都会到我这里来。46 这并不是说有人见过父，唯独从上帝而来的那位见过父。47 我实实在在地告诉你们，信我的人有永生，48 因为我是生命的粮。49 你们的祖先在旷野吃过吗哪，还是死了。50 但这是从天上降下来的粮，人吃了就不死。51 我就是天上降下来的生命之粮，人吃了这粮，必永远活着。我将要赐下的粮就是我的肉，是为了让世人得到生命。”

52 犹太人开始彼此争论，说：“这个人怎么能把自己的肉给我们吃呢？”

53 耶稣说：“我实实在在地告诉你们，如果你们不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就没有生命。54 吃我肉、喝我血的人有永生，在末日，我要叫他复活。55 因为我的肉是真粮食，我的血是真饮品，56 吃我肉、喝我血的人常在我里面，我也常在他里面。57 永活的父差我来，我是靠祂而活。同样，吃我肉的人也靠我而活。58 我是从天上降下来的真粮，吃这粮的人必永远活着，不像你们的祖先，虽然吃过吗哪，最后还是死了。”

59 这番话是耶稣在迦百农会堂里教导人的时候讲的。

永生之道

60 祂的许多门徒听了，就议论说：“这话实在难懂，谁能接受呢？”

61 耶稣知道门徒在议论，就说：“这话叫你们失去信心吗？62 如果你们看见人子升到祂原来所在的地方，会怎么样呢？63 叫人活着的是灵，肉体毫无作用。我对你们说的话就是灵，就是生命。64 然而，你们中间有些人不信。”因为耶稣一开始就知道谁不信祂、谁会出卖祂。

65 祂继续说：“所以我曾对你们说，如果不是我父赐恩，没有人能到我这里来。”

66 此后，很多门徒离开了，不再跟从耶稣。

67 于是耶稣问那十二个门徒：“你们也要离开我吗？”

68 西门·彼得答道：“主啊！你有永生之道，我们还跟从谁呢？69 我们已经相信并且知道你是上帝的圣者。”

70 耶稣说：“我不是拣选了你们十二个人吗？但其中有一个是魔鬼。”71 耶稣这话是指着加略人西门的儿子犹大说的，因为他是十二个门徒之一，后来出卖了耶稣。

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