约翰福音 6

给五千人吃饱的神蹟

1 这些事以后，耶稣渡过加利利海，就是提比里亚海。2 有一大群人，因为看见了他在病人身上所行的神蹟，就跟随了他。3 耶稣上了山，同门徒坐在那里。4 那时犹太人的逾越节近了。5 耶稣举目观看，见一大群人向他走过来，就对腓力说：“我们从哪里买饼给这些人吃呢？”6 他说这话，是要试验腓力，因他自己早已知道要怎样作。7 腓力回答：“就算二百银币买的饼，每人分一点，也是不够的。”8 有一个门徒，就是西门．彼得的弟弟安得烈，对耶稣说：9 “这里有个小孩子，带着五个大麦饼、两条鱼；只是分给这么多人，有甚么用呢？”10 耶稣吩咐他们：“你们叫众人坐下。”原来那地方的草很多，众人就坐下，单是男人的数目约有五千。11 耶稣拿起饼来，祝谢了，就分给坐着的人；分鱼也是这样，都是随着他们所要的。12 他们吃饱了之后，耶稣对门徒说：“把剩下的零碎收拾起来，免得浪费。”13 门徒就把众人吃剩那五个大麦饼的零碎收拾起来，装满了十二个篮子。14 众人看见耶稣所行的神蹟，就说：“这真是那要到世上来的先知。”15 耶稣知道群众要来强迫他作王，就独自又退到山上去了。
耶稣在海面上行走16 到了晚上，他的门徒下到海边去。17 他们上了船，要渡海往迦百农去。那时天已经黑了，耶稣还没有到他们那里。18 忽然海上起了狂风，波浪翻腾。19 门徒摇橹约行了五六公里，看见耶稣在海面上行走，渐渐靠近船，就害怕起来。20 耶稣对他们说：“是我，不要怕。”21 他们这才把他接上船，船就立刻到了他们要去的地方。
耶稣是生命的食物22 第二天，站在海那边的群众，看见只有一只小船留在那里，并且知道耶稣没有和他的门徒一同上船，门徒是自己去的；23 不过有几只从提比里亚来的船停在那里，靠近他们在主祝谢以后吃饼的地方。24 群众见耶稣和门徒都不在那里，就上船往迦百农去找耶稣。25 他们在对岸找到了耶稣，就问他：“拉比，你几时到这里来的？”26 耶稣回答：“我实实在在告诉你们，你们找我，不是因为看见了神蹟，而是因为吃了饼又吃饱了。27 不要为那必朽坏的食物操劳，却要为那存到永生的食物操劳，就是人子所要赐给你们的，因为人子是父 神所印证的。”28 众人又问他：“我们应该作甚么，才算是作 神的工作呢？”29 耶稣回答：“信 神所差来的，就是作 神的工了。”30 于是他们就说：“你要行甚么神蹟，让我们看了就信你呢？你到底能作甚么呢？31 我们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，正如经上所记：‘他把从天上来的食物赐给他们吃。’”32 耶稣对他们说：“我实实在在告诉你们，不是摩西把那从天上来的食物赐给你们，而是我父把天上来的真食物赐给你们；33 因为 神的食物就是从天上降下来，把生命赐给世人的那一位。”34 他们对耶稣说：“主啊，求你常把这食物赐给我们。”35 耶稣说：“我就是生命的食物，到我这里来的，必定不饿；信我的，永远不渴。36 但我告诉你们，你们虽然见了我，还是不信。37 凡是父赐给我的人，必到我这里来；到我这里来的，我决不丢弃他，38 因为我从天上降下来，不是要行自己的意思，而是要行那差我来者的旨意。39 那差我来者的旨意就是：他所赐给我的人，我连一个也不失落，并且在末日我要使他们复活。40 因为我父的旨意，是要使所有看见了子而信的人有永生，并且在末日我要使他们复活。”41 犹太人因为耶稣说“我是从天上降下来的食物”，就纷纷议论他。42 他们说：“这不是约瑟的儿子耶稣吗？他的父母我们不都认识吗？他现在怎么说‘我是从天上降下来的’呢？”43 耶稣回答：“你们不要彼此议论。44 如果不是差我来的父吸引人，就没有人能到我这里来；到我这里来的，在末日我要使他复活。45 先知书上记着：‘众人都必受 神的教导。’凡听见从父那里来的教训而又学习的，必到我这里来。46 这不是说有人见过父；只有从 神那里来的那一位，他才见过父。47 我实实在在告诉你们，信的人有永生。48 我就是生命的食物，49 你们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，还是死了。50 这是从天上降下来的食物，使人吃了就不死。51 我就是从天上降下来生命的食物，人若吃了这食物，就必活到永远。我要赐的食物就是我的肉，是为了世人的生命而赐的。”52 于是，犹太人彼此争论，说：“这个人怎能把他的肉给我们吃呢？”53 耶稣就对他们说：“我实实在在告诉你们，你们若不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就没有生命在你们里面。54 吃我肉、喝我血的，就有永生，在末日我要使他复活；55 因为我的肉是真正的食物，我的血是真正的饮料。56 吃我肉、喝我血的人，就住在我里面，我也住在他里面。57 正如永活的父差遣了我，我也因父活着；照样，吃我肉的人也必因我而活。58 这就是从天上降下来的食物，不像吗哪，你们的祖宗吃过，还是死了；吃这食物的，必活到永远。”59 这些话是耶稣在迦百农会堂里教导人的时候说的。
永生之道60 他的门徒中，有许多人听了，就说：“这话很难，谁能接受呢？”61 耶稣心里知道门徒为了这事议论纷纷，就对他们说：“这话使你们动摇吗？62 如果你们看见人子升到他原来所在的地方，又怎样呢？63 使人活的是灵，肉体是无济于事的。我对你们所说的话是灵、是生命。64 然而你们中间却有不信的人。”原来从起初耶稣就知道那些不信的是谁，那要把他出卖的又是谁。65 耶稣跟着说：“所以我对你们说过，如果不是父所赐的，没有人能到我这里来。”66 从此，他的门徒中有许多人退去了，不再与他同行。67 于是耶稣对十二门徒说：“你们也想离去吗？”68 西门．彼得回答：“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 神的圣者。”70 耶稣说：“我不是拣选了你们十二个人吗？但你们中间有一个是魔鬼。”71 耶稣这话是指着加略人西门的儿子犹大说的，因为他虽然是十二门徒之一，却要出卖耶稣。

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