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Learn about the sources and coverage →After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Γαλιλαίας, τῆς Τιβεριάδος.
Meta tauta apēlthen ho Iēsous peran tēs thalassēs tēs Galilaias, tēs Tiberiados.
A huge crowd followed Him because they had seen the miraculous signs He performed by healing the sick.
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
Καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς, ὅτι ἑώρων αὐτοῦ τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει ἐπὶ τῶν ἀσθενούντων.
Kai ēkolouthei autō ochlos polys, hoti heōrōn autou ta sēmeia ha epoiei epi tōn asthenountōn.
Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down there with His disciples.
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
Ἀνῆλθεν δὲ εἰς τὸ ὄρος ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐκάθητο μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ.
Anēlthen de eis to oros ho Iēsous, kai ekei ekathēto meta tōn mathētōn autou.
The Passover, the Jewish festival, was approaching.
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ Πάσχα, ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων.
Ēn de engys to Pascha, hē heortē tōn Ioudaiōn.
Jesus looked up and saw a huge crowd coming toward Him. He asked Philip, “Where can we buy enough bread for all these people to eat?”
¶ When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
Ἐπάρας οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, καὶ θεασάμενος ὅτι πολὺς ὄχλος ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτόν, λέγει πρὸς τὸν Φίλιππον, Πόθεν ἀγοράσομεν ἄρτους, ἵνα φάγωσιν οὗτοι;
Eparas oun ho Iēsous tous ophthalmous, kai theasamenos hoti polys ochlos erchetai pros auton, legei pros ton Philippon, Pothen agorasomen artous, hina phagōsin houtoi?
He asked this to test Philip, because Jesus already knew what He was going to do.
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
Τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν πειράζων αὐτόν∙ αὐτὸς γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἔμελλεν ποιεῖν.
Touto de elegen peirazōn auton; autos gar ēdei ti emellen poiein.
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for everyone to receive even a little.”
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Φίλιππος, Διακοσίων δηναρίων ἄρτοι οὐκ ἀρκοῦσιν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα ἕκαστος αὐτῶν βραχύ τι λάβῃ.
Apekrithē autō Philippos, Diakosiōn dēnariōn artoi ouk arkousin autois, hina hekastos autōn brachy ti labē.
One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said,
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
Λέγει αὐτῷ εἷς ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου,
Legei autō heis ek tōn mathētōn autou, Andreas ho adelphos Simōnos Petrou,
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what good is that among so many people?”
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Ἔστιν παιδάριον ἓν ὧδε, ὃ ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια∙ ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;
Estin paidarion hen hōde, ho echei pente artous krithinous kai dyo opsaria; alla tauta ti estin eis tosoutous?
Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”
There was plenty of grass there, so the people sat down. There were about five thousand men.
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ποιήσατε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἀναπεσεῖν. Ἦν δὲ χόρτος πολὺς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ. Ἀνέπεσον οὖν οἱ ἄνδρες τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι.
Eipen de ho Iēsous, Poiēsate tous anthrōpous anapesein. Ēn de chortos polys en tō topō. Anepeson oun hoi andres ton arithmon hōsei pentakischilioi.
Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to the disciples. The disciples then gave them to the people who were sitting down. He did the same with the fish, giving everyone as much as they wanted.
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Ἔλαβεν δὲ τοὺς ἄρτους ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ εὐχαριστήσας διέδωκεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς, οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ἀνακειμένοις∙ ὁμοίως καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀψαρίων ὅσον ἤθελον.
Elaben de tous artous ho Iēsous, kai eucharistēsas diedōken tois mathētais, hoi de mathētai tois anakeimenois; homoiōs kai ek tōn opsariōn hoson ēthelon.
When everyone had eaten and was satisfied, Jesus told His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted.”
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
Ὡς δὲ ἐνεπλήσθησαν, λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, Συναγάγετε τὰ περισσεύσαντα κλάσματα, ἵνα μή τι ἀπόληται.
Hōs de eneplēsthēsan, legei tois mathētais autou, Synagagete ta perisseusanta klasmata, hina mē ti apolētai.
They gathered them and filled twelve baskets with pieces left over from the five barley loaves after everyone had eaten.
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Συνήγαγον οὖν, καὶ ἐγέμισαν δώδεκα κοφίνους κλασμάτων ἐκ τῶν πέντε ἄρτων τῶν κριθίνων, ἃ ἐπερίσσευσεν τοῖς βεβρωκόσιν.
Synēgagon oun, kai egemisan dōdeka kophinous klasmatōn ek tōn pente artōn tōn krithinōn, ha eperisseusen tois bebrōkosin.
When the people saw the miraculous sign Jesus had performed, they said, “This truly is the Prophet who was promised to come into the world!”
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Οἱ οὖν ἄνθρωποι ἰδόντες ὃ ἐποίησεν σημεῖον ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἔλεγον ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης ὁ ἐρχόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
Hoi oun anthrōpoi idontes ho epoiēsen sēmeion ho Iēsous, elegon hoti Houtos estin alēthōs ho prophētēs ho erchomenos eis ton kosmon.
Jesus knew they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, so He withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.
¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
Ἰησοῦς οὖν γνοὺς ὅτι μέλλουσιν ἔρχεσθαι καὶ ἁρπάζειν αὐτόν, ἵνα ποιήσωσιν αὐτὸν βασιλέα, ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος αὐτὸς μόνος.
Iēsous oun gnous hoti mellousin erchesthai kai harpazein auton, hina poiēsōsin auton basilea, anechōrēsen eis to oros autos monos.
When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
Ὡς δὲ ὀψία ἐγένετο, κατέβησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν,
Hōs de opsia egeneto, katebēsan hoi mathētai autou epi tēn thalassan,
got into a boat, and started across toward Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet joined them.
And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
καὶ ἐμβάντες εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ἤρχοντο πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς Καπερναούμ. Καὶ σκοτία ἤδη ἐγεγόνει, καὶ οὐκ ἐληλύθει πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
kai embantes eis to ploion, ērchonto peran tēs thalassēs eis Kapernaoum. Kai skotia ēdē egegonei, kai ouk elēlythei pros autous ho Iēsous.
A strong wind began blowing, and the sea became rough.
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
Ἥ τε θάλασσα ἀνέμου μεγάλου πνέοντος διηγείρετο.
Hē te thalassa anemou megalou pneontos diēgeireto.
After they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking across the water and coming toward the boat. They were terrified.
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
Ἐληλακότες οὖν ὡς σταδίους εἴκοσι πέντε ἢ τριάκοντα, θεωροῦσιν τὸν Ἰησοῦν περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ ἐγγὺς τοῦ πλοίου γινόμενον∙ καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν.
Elēlakotes oun hōs stadious eikosi pente ē triakonta, theōrousin ton Iēsoun peripatounta epi tēs thalassēs, kai engys tou ploiou ginomenon; kai ephobēthēsan.
But He told them, “I AM. Do not be afraid.”
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
Ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἐγώ εἰμι∙ μὴ φοβεῖσθε.
Ho de legei autois, Egō eimi; mē phobeisthe.
Then they gladly took Him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore they had been heading toward.
Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
Ἤθελον οὖν λαβεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον∙ καὶ εὐθέως τὸ πλοῖον ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἣν ὑπῆγον.
Ēthelon oun labein auton eis to ploion; kai eutheōs to ploion egeneto epi tēs gēs eis hēn hypēgon.
The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there. They knew Jesus had not entered it with His disciples and that the disciples had left alone.
¶ The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
Τῇ ἐπαύριον ὁ ὄχλος ὁ ἑστηκὼς πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης, ἰδὼν ὅτι πλοιάριον ἄλλο οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖ εἰ μὴ ἓν ἐκεῖνο εἰς ὃ ἐνέβησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅτι οὐ συνεισῆλθεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ πλοιάριον, ἀλλὰ μόνοι οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον—
Tē epaurion ho ochlos ho hestēkōs peran tēs thalassēs, idōn hoti ploiarion allo ouk ēn ekei ei mē hen ekeino eis ho enebēsan hoi mathētai autou, kai hoti ou syneisēlthen tois mathētais autou ho Iēsous eis to ploiarion, alla monoi hoi mathētai autou apēlthon—
Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
ἄλλα δὲ ἦλθεν πλοιάρια ἐκ Τιβεριάδος ἐγγὺς τοῦ τόπου ὅπου ἔφαγον τὸν ἄρτον, εὐχαριστήσαντος τοῦ κυρίου—
alla de ēlthen ploiaria ek Tiberiados engys tou topou hopou ephagon ton arton, eucharistēsantos tou kyriou—
When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Him.
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
ὅτε οὖν εἶδεν ὁ ὄχλος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ οὐδὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐνέβησαν αὐτοὶ εἰς τὰ πλοῖα, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Καπερναούμ, ζητοῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν.
hote oun eiden ho ochlos hoti Iēsous ouk estin ekei oude hoi mathētai autou, enebēsan autoi eis ta ploia, kai ēlthon eis Kapernaoum, zētountes ton Iēsoun.
When they found Him across the sea, they asked, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
Καὶ εὑρόντες αὐτὸν πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης, εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ῥαββί, πότε ὧδε γέγονας;
Kai heurontes auton peran tēs thalassēs, eipon autō, Rhabbi, pote hōde gegonas?
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you: you are looking for Me not because you understood the miraculous signs, but because you ate the bread and had your fill.
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ζητεῖτέ με, οὐχ ὅτι εἴδετε σημεῖα, ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἐφάγετε ἐκ τῶν ἄρτων καὶ ἐχορτάσθητε.
Apekrithē autois ho Iēsous kai eipen, Amēn amēn legō hymin, zēteite me, ouch hoti eidete sēmeia, all’ hoti ephagete ek tōn artōn kai echortasthēte.
Stop spending your lives working only for food that spoils. Seek instead the food that lasts into eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. God the Father has placed His seal of approval upon Him.”
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Ἐργάζεσθε μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην, ἀλλὰ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, ἣν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὑμῖν δώσει∙ τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐσφράγισεν, ὁ θεός.
Ergazesthe mē tēn brōsin tēn apollymenēn, alla tēn brōsin tēn menousan eis zōēn aiōnion, hēn ho huios tou anthrōpou hymin dōsei; touton gar ho patēr esphragisen, ho theos.
They asked Him, “What must we do to perform the works God requires?”
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν, Τί ποιῶμεν, ἵνα ἐργαζώμεθα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ;
Eipon oun pros auton, Ti poiōmen, hina ergazōmetha ta erga tou theou?
Jesus answered, “This is the work God requires: believe in the One He sent.”
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα πιστεύσητε εἰς ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος.
Apekrithē Iēsous kai eipen autois, Touto estin to ergon tou theou, hina pisteusēte eis hon apesteilen ekeinos.
They replied, “Then what miraculous sign will You perform so that we can see it and believe You? What will You do?
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
Εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ, Τί οὖν ποιεῖς σὺ σημεῖον, ἵνα ἴδωμεν καὶ πιστεύσωμέν σοι; Τί ἐργάζῃ;
Eipon oun autō, Ti oun poieis sy sēmeion, hina idōmen kai pisteusōmen soi? Ti ergazē?
Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, just as Scripture says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον, Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.
Hoi pateres hēmōn to manna ephagon en tē erēmō, kathōs estin gegrammenon, Arton ek tou ouranou edōken autois phagein.
Jesus told them, “Truly, truly, I tell you: Moses did not give you the true bread from heaven. My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ Μωσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ∙ ἀλλ’ ὁ πατήρ μου δίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸν ἀληθινόν.
Eipen oun autois ho Iēsous, Amēn amēn legō hymin, ou Mōsēs dedōken hymin ton arton ek tou ouranou; all’ ho patēr mou didōsin hymin ton arton ek tou ouranou ton alēthinon.
The bread God gives is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ.
Ho gar artos tou theou estin ho katabainōn ek tou ouranou kai zōēn didous tō kosmō.
They said, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
Εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν, Κύριε, πάντοτε δὸς ἡμῖν τὸν ἄρτον τοῦτον.
Eipon oun pros auton, Kyrie, pantote dos hēmin ton arton touton.
Jesus told them, “I AM the Bread of Life. Whoever comes to Me will never remain spiritually hungry, and whoever believes in Me will never remain spiritually thirsty.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς∙ ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρός με οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ∙ καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ διψήσῃ πώποτε.
Eipen de autois ho Iēsous, Egō eimi ho artos tēs zōēs; ho erchomenos pros me ou mē peinasē; kai ho pisteuōn eis eme ou mē dipsēsē pōpote.
But as I told you, you have seen Me, and still you do not believe.
But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
Ἀλλ’ εἶπον ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ ἑωράκατέ με, καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε.
All’ eipon hymin hoti kai heōrakate me, kai ou pisteuete.
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will never turn away.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Πᾶν ὃ δίδωσίν μοι ὁ πατὴρ πρὸς ἐμὲ ἥξει∙ καὶ τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρός με οὐ μὴ ἐκβάλω ἔξω.
Pan ho didōsin moi ho patēr pros eme hēxei; kai ton erchomenon pros me ou mē ekbalō exō.
I came down from heaven not to carry out My own independent will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Ὅτι καταβέβηκα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, οὐχ ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με.
Hoti katabebēka ek tou ouranou, ouch hina poiō to thelēma to emon, alla to thelēma tou pempsantos me.
This is the will of the Father who sent Me: I must lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up on the last day.
And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
Τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός, ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκέν μοι, μὴ ἀπολέσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.
Touto de estin to thelēma tou pempsantos me patros, hina pan ho dedōken moi, mē apolesō ex autou, alla anastēsō auto tē eschatē hēmera.
And this is the will of the One who sent Me: everyone who sees the Son for who He truly is and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I will raise that person up on the last day.”
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτόν, ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐγὼ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.
Touto de estin to thelēma tou pempsantos me, hina pas ho theōrōn ton huion kai pisteuōn eis auton, echē zōēn aiōnion, kai anastēsō auton egō tē eschatē hēmera.
The Jewish leaders began grumbling about Him because He said, “I am the Bread that came down from heaven.”
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
Ἐγόγγυζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι εἶπεν, Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ καταβὰς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
Egongyzon oun hoi Ioudaioi peri autou, hoti eipen, Egō eimi ho artos ho katabas ek tou ouranou.
They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, Joseph’s son? We know His father and mother. How can He now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
Καὶ ἔλεγον, Οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωσήφ, οὗ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα; Πῶς οὖν λέγει οὗτος ὅτι Ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβέβηκα;
Kai elegon, Ouch houtos estin Iēsous ho huios Iōsēph, hou hēmeis oidamen ton patera kai tēn mētera? Pōs oun legei houtos hoti Ek tou ouranou katabebēka?
Jesus answered, “Stop grumbling among yourselves.
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
Ἀπεκρίθη οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Μὴ γογγύζετε μετ’ ἀλλήλων.
Apekrithē oun ho Iēsous kai eipen autois, Mē gongyzete met’ allēlōn.
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ πέμψας με ἑλκύσῃ αὐτόν, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.
Oudeis dynatai elthein pros me, ean mē ho patēr ho pempsas me helkysē auton, kai egō anastēsō auton en tē eschatē hēmera.
The prophets wrote, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to Me.
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Ἔστιν γεγραμμένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, Καὶ ἔσονται πάντες διδακτοὶ θεοῦ. Πᾶς οὖν ὁ ἀκούων παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ μαθών, ἔρχεται πρός με.
Estin gegrammenon en tois prophētais, Kai esontai pantes didaktoi theou. Pas oun ho akouōn para tou patros kai mathōn, erchetai pros me.
This does not mean that anyone has seen the Father. Only the One who came from God has seen the Father.
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Οὐχ ὅτι τὸν πατέρα τις ἑώρακεν, εἰ μὴ ὁ ὢν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, οὗτος ἑώρακεν τὸν πατέρα.
Ouch hoti ton patera tis heōraken, ei mē ho ōn para tou theou, houtos heōraken ton patera.
Truly, truly, I tell you: whoever believes in Me has eternal life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
Amēn amēn legō hymin, ho pisteuōn eis eme, echei zōēn aiōnion.
I AM the Bread of Life.
I am that bread of life.
Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς.
Egō eimi ho artos tēs zōēs.
Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, and they still died.
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἔφαγον τὸ μάννα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἀπέθανον.
Hoi pateres hymōn ephagon to manna en tē erēmō, kai apethanon.
But this is the Bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone who eats of it will not die.
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβαίνων, ἵνα τις ἐξ αὐτοῦ φάγῃ καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ.
Houtos estin ho artos ho ek tou ouranou katabainōn, hina tis ex autou phagē kai mē apothanē.
I AM the living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this Bread, he will live forever. And the Bread I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ζῶν, ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς∙ ἐάν τις φάγῃ ἐκ τούτου τοῦ ἄρτου, ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Καὶ ὁ ἄρτος δὲ ὃν ἐγὼ δώσω, ἡ σάρξ μου ἐστίν, ἣν ἐγὼ δώσω ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ζωῆς.
Egō eimi ho artos ho zōn, ho ek tou ouranou katabas; ean tis phagē ek toutou tou artou, zēsetai eis ton aiōna. Kai ho artos de hon egō dōsō, hē sarx mou estin, hēn egō dōsō hyper tēs tou kosmou zōēs.
The Jewish leaders began arguing intensely among themselves. “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες, Πῶς δύναται οὗτος ἡμῖν δοῦναι τὴν σάρκα φαγεῖν;
Emachonto oun pros allēlous hoi Ioudaioi legontes, Pōs dynatai houtos hēmin dounai tēn sarka phagein?
Jesus told them, “Truly, truly, I tell you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life within yourselves.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ φάγητε τὴν σάρκα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ πίητε αὐτοῦ τὸ αἷμα, οὐκ ἔχετε ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς.
Eipen oun autois ho Iēsous, Amēn amēn legō hymin, ean mē phagēte tēn sarka tou huiou tou anthrōpou kai piēte autou to haima, ouk echete zōēn en heautois.
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα, ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.
Ho trōgōn mou tēn sarka kai pinōn mou to haima, echei zōēn aiōnion, kai egō anastēsō auton tē eschatē hēmera.
My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Ἡ γὰρ σάρξ μου ἀληθῶς ἐστιν βρῶσις, καὶ τὸ αἷμά μου ἀληθῶς ἐστιν πόσις.
Hē gar sarx mou alēthōs estin brōsis, kai to haima mou alēthōs estin posis.
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I remain in him.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
Ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα, ἐν ἐμοὶ μένει, κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ.
Ho trōgōn mou tēn sarka kai pinōn mou to haima, en emoi menei, kagō en autō.
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, the one who feeds on Me will also live because of Me.
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
Καθὼς ἀπέστειλέν με ὁ ζῶν πατήρ, κἀγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα∙ καὶ ὁ τρώγων με, κἀκεῖνος ζήσεται δι’ ἐμέ.
Kathōs apesteilen me ho zōn patēr, kagō zō dia ton patera; kai ho trōgōn me, kakeinos zēsetai di’ eme.
This is the Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna your ancestors ate and then died. Whoever eats this Bread will live forever.”
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς∙ οὐ καθὼς ἔφαγον οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν τὸ μάννα, καὶ ἀπέθανον∙ ὁ τρώγων τοῦτον τὸν ἄρτον, ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Houtos estin ho artos ho ek tou ouranou katabas; ou kathōs ephagon hoi pateres hymōn to manna, kai apethanon; ho trōgōn touton ton arton, zēsetai eis ton aiōna.
Jesus said these things while teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
Ταῦτα εἶπεν ἐν συναγωγῇ διδάσκων ἐν Καπερναούμ.
Tauta eipen en synagōgē didaskōn en Kapernaoum.
After hearing this, many of His disciples said, “This teaching is extremely difficult. Who can accept it?”
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
Πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπον, Σκληρός ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ λόγος∙ τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν;
Polloi oun akousantes ek tōn mathētōn autou eipon, Sklēros estin houtos ho logos; tis dynatai autou akouein?
Jesus knew within Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, so He asked them, “Does this cause you to stumble?
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
Εἰδὼς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι γογγύζουσιν περὶ τούτου οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Τοῦτο ὑμᾶς σκανδαλίζει;
Eidōs de ho Iēsous en heautō hoti gongyzousin peri toutou hoi mathētai autou, eipen autois, Touto hymas skandalizei?
Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
Ἐὰν οὖν θεωρῆτε τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀναβαίνοντα ὅπου ἦν τὸ πρότερον;
Ean oun theōrēte ton huion tou anthrōpou anabainonta hopou ēn to proteron?
The Spirit is the One who gives life. Human flesh by itself accomplishes nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life.
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν τὸ ζῳοποιοῦν, ἡ σὰρξ οὐκ ὠφελεῖ οὐδέν∙ τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῶ ὑμῖν, πνεῦμά ἐστιν καὶ ζωή ἐστιν.
To pneuma estin to zōopoioun, hē sarx ouk ōphelei ouden; ta rhēmata ha egō lalō hymin, pneuma estin kai zōē estin.
But some of you still do not believe.”
Jesus knew from the beginning who did not believe and who would betray Him.
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Ἀλλ’ εἰσὶν ἐξ ὑμῶν τινες οἳ οὐ πιστεύουσιν. ᾜδει γὰρ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, τίνες εἰσὶν οἱ μὴ πιστεύοντες, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ παραδώσων αὐτόν.
All’ eisin ex hymōn tines hoi ou pisteuousin. ēdei gar ex archēs ho Iēsous, tines eisin hoi mē pisteuontes, kai tis estin ho paradōsōn auton.
He continued, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Καὶ ἔλεγεν, Διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ πατρός μου.
Kai elegen, Dia touto eirēka hymin hoti oudeis dynatai elthein pros me, ean mē ē dedomenon autō ek tou patros mou.
From that time, many of His disciples turned away and stopped following Him.
¶ From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Ἐκ τούτου πολλοὶ ἀπῆλθον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ οὐκέτι μετ’ αὐτοῦ περιεπάτουν.
Ek toutou polloi apēlthon tōn mathētōn autou eis ta opisō, kai ouketi met’ autou periepatoun.
So Jesus asked the Twelve, “You do not want to leave too, do you?”
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς δώδεκα, Μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς θέλετε ὑπάγειν;
Eipen oun ho Iēsous tois dōdeka, Mē kai hymeis thelete hypagein?
Simon Peter answered, “Lord, where else would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
Ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτῷ Σίμων Πέτρος, Κύριε, πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; Ῥήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις.
Apekrithē oun autō Simōn Petros, Kyrie, pros tina apeleusometha? Rhēmata zōēs aiōniou echeis.
We have believed and come to know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Καὶ ἡμεῖς πεπιστεύκαμεν καὶ ἐγνώκαμεν ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος.
Kai hēmeis pepisteukamen kai egnōkamen hoti sy ei ho christos ho huios tou theou tou zōntos.
Jesus answered, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Οὐκ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς τοὺς δώδεκα ἐξελεξάμην, καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν εἷς διάβολός ἐστιν;
Apekrithē autois ho Iēsous, Ouk egō hymas tous dōdeka exelexamēn, kai ex hymōn heis diabolos estin?
He was speaking about Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, because Judas—one of the Twelve—would later betray Him.
He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Ἔλεγεν δὲ τὸν Ἰούδαν Σίμωνος Ἰσκαριώτην∙ οὗτος γὰρ ἔμελλεν αὐτὸν παραδιδόναι, εἷς ὢν ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα.
Elegen de ton Ioudan Simōnos Iskariōtēn; houtos gar emellen auton paradidonai, heis ōn ek tōn dōdeka.