1After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5¶ 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? 6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. 7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. 8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, 9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 10And 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. 11And 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. 12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 13Therefore 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. 14Then 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.
15¶ 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. 16And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, 17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. 18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. 19So 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. 20But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. 21Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22¶ 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; 23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. 25And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 26Jesus 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. 27Labour 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. 28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32Then 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. 33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. 35And 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. 36But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. 37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39And 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. 40And 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. 41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 42And 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? 43Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. 44No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It 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. 46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48I am that bread of life. 49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51I 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. 52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53Then 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. 54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 58This 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. 59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 62What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64But 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. 65And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66¶ From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. 70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 71He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Isus hrani pet tisuća ljudi
(Mt 14:13-21; Mk 6:30-44; Lk 9:10-17)
1Nakon toga Isus prijeđe na drugu stranu Galilejskog jezera (to jest, Tiberijadskog mora). 2Golemo ga je mnoštvo posvuda slijedilo jer su gledali čuda koja je činio iscjeljujući bolesnike. 3Isus se popne na goru i sjedne sa svojim učenicima. 4Bližio se židovski blagdan Pashe. 5Podignuvši pogled, Isus ugleda silno mnoštvo ljudi kako se penje prema njemu. On upita Filipa: “Čime ćemo, Filipe, kupiti kruha da nahranimo sav taj narod?” 6Kušao ga je jer je već znao što će učiniti.
7Filip mu odgovori: “Trebalo bi nam cijelo bogatstvo6:7 U grčkome: dvjesto denara. da svatko dobije samo malo hrane!”
8Tada Andrija, brat Šimuna Petra, reče: 9“Ovdje je neki dječak s pet ječmenih kruhova i dvije ribice. Ali što je to za toliki narod?”
10“Neka ljudi sjednu!” zapovjedi Isus. I cijelo mnoštvo—samo je muškaraca bilo oko pet tisuća—posjeda na prostranu livadu. 11Zatim Isus uzme kruhove, zahvali Bogu pa ih razdijeli ljudima koji su sjedili. Potom to učini i s ribama. I svi su se do sita najeli. 12“A sad pokupite ostatke,” reče Isus učenicima, “tako da ništa ne propadne.” 13Dvanaest su košara napunili ostacima preostalih mnoštvu koje se nahranilo s pet ječmenih kruhova.
14Kad su ljudi shvatili kakvo je silno čudo Isus učinio, povikali su: “On je zaista Prorok6:14 Vidjeti: Ponovljeni zakon 18:15, 18. koga očekujemo!” 15Kad je Isus znao da su ga spremni pograbiti i učiniti svojim kraljem, ode ponovno u goru, posve sam.
Isus hoda po vodi
16Uvečer siđu njegovi učenici na obalu da ga pričekaju. 17No kako je već pao mrak, a Isus se još nije vratio, ukrcaju se u lađu i upute na drugu stranu jezera, prema Kafarnaumu. 18More je bilo uzburkano jakim vjetrom. 19Kad su otplovili kojih pet kilometara6:19 U grčkome: 25 do 30 stadija (4,6 do 5,5 km). od obale, iznenada opaze Isusa kako hoda po vodi prema lađi. Prestraše se, 20no on im reče: “Ne bojte se! Ja sam!” 21Htjeli su ga uzeti na lađu, ali lađa se odmah nađe na obali prema kojoj su plovili.
Isus, kruh života
22Drugoga se jutra na obali s druge strane jezera počelo okupljati mnoštvo iščekujući da vidi Isusa. Ljudi su znali da se Isus nije ukrcao s učenicima u lađu i da su oni isplovili bez njega. 23U blizinu onog mjesta na kojemu su jeli kruh pošto je Gospodin zahvalio Bogu stiglo je nekoliko lađica iz Tiberijade. 24Kad su ljudi vidjeli da ondje nema ni Isusa ni njegovih učenika, ukrcali su se u lađe i otplovili na drugu stranu jezera, u Kafarnaum, ne bi li pronašli Isusa. 25Kad su stigli onamo, pronašli su ga i upitali: “Učitelju, kad si došao ovamo?”
26Isus im odgovori: “Vi uistinu želite biti sa mnom jer ste se nasitili onih kruhova, a ne zato što ste razumjeli značenje čuda koja sam činio. 27Radite, ali ne za propadljivu hranu, već za hranu koja ostaje za vječni život što će vam ga dati Sin Čovječji. Jer ga je Bog Otac za to ovlastio.”
28“Što nam je činiti da bismo radili djela koja Bog traži?” pitali su.
29“Djelo je Božje da vjerujte u onoga koga je on poslao”, odgovori Isus.
30“Kakav ćeš nam znak dati”, pitali su, “da bismo ga vidjeli i povjerovali ti? Kakvo ćeš djelo učiniti? 31Uostalom, naši su preci jeli manu dok su putovali pustinjom! U Svetom pismu stoji: ‘Dao im je za jelo kruh s neba.’”6:31 Izlazak 16:4; Psalam 78:24.
32Isus im reče: “Zaista vam kažem, nije vam Mojsije dao kruh s neba, nego Otac moj daje vam istinski kruh s neba. 33Pravi je Božji kruh onaj koga je Bog poslao s neba i koji svijetu daje život.”
34“Gospodine,” kazaše, “daj nam uvijek toga kruha.”
35Isus im odgovori: “Ja sam kruh života. Tko dolazi k meni, neće nikad više ogladnjeti. Koji vjeruju u mene, neće ožednjeti nikada. 36Ali, kao što vam rekoh, gledali ste me, a ipak ne vjerujete. 37Ali svi oni koje mi je Otac dao, doći će k meni a takve sigurno neću odbaciti. 38Jer ja sam sišao s neba da vršim volju Boga koji me poslao, a ne svoju volju. 39A Božja je volja da ne izgubim nijednoga od onih koje mi je on dao, nego da ih u posljednji dan uskrisim u vječni život. 40Jer je volja mojeg Oca da svatko tko vidi njegova Sina i tko vjeruje u njega ima vječni život te da ga ja uskrisim u posljednji dan.”
41Židovi su počeli mrmljati protiv njega zato što je o sebi rekao: “Ja sam kruh koji je sišao s neba.” 42“Pa to je Isus, Josipov sin”, govorili su. “Znamo mu i oca i majku. Kako sad može reći: ‘Sišao sam s neba?’”
43Ali Isus im odgovori: “Ne prigovarajte međusobno! 44Nitko ne može doći k meni ako ga ne privuče Otac koji me je poslao, a ja ću sve takve oživjeti u posljednji dan. 45Kao što je zapisano u Svetome pismu: ‘Svi će biti učenici Božji.’6:45 Izaija 54:13. Kojima Otac govori i koji primaju njegovu pouku, doći će k meni. 46To ne znači da je netko vidio Oca, jer sam ga jedini vidio ja koji od njega dolazim.
47Zaista vam kažem, tko vjeruje u mene, ima vječni život. 48Ja sam kruh života. 49Vaši su preci jeli manu u pustinji, ali svi su poumirali. 50Ovaj kruh s neba, međutim, svakomu tko ga jede daje vječni život. 51Ja sam živi kruh koji je sišao s neba. Jede li tko ovaj kruh, živjet će zauvijek. Kruh koji ću ja dati jest moje tijelo što ću ga predati za život svijeta.”
52Nato se Židovi počnu međusobno prepirati govoreći: “Kako nam ovaj može dati svoje tijelo za jelo?”
53Isus im zato ponovno reče: “Zaista vam kažem, ne jedete li tijela Sina Čovječjega i ne pijete li njegove krvi, ne možete u sebi imati vječni život! 54Ali tko god jede moje tijelo i pije moju krv, ima vječni život i ja ću ga uskrisiti u posljednji dan. 55Jer je moje tijelo prava hrana, a moja krv pravo piće. 56Tko jede moje tijelo i tko pije moju krv, ostaje u meni i ja ostajem u njemu. 57Kao što me je poslao živi Otac i kao što ja živim zaradi Oca, tako će i oni koji mene blaguju živjeti zaradi mene. 58Ja sam pravi kruh koji je sišao s neba, a ne onakav kakav su jeli vaši oci i svejedno pomrli. Tko jede ovaj kruh, živjet će zauvijek.”
59To je rekao poučavajući u sinagogi u Kafarnaumu.
Mnogi učenici napuštaju Isusa
60Mnogi njegovi učenici kazaše: “To su vrlo teške riječi. Tko bi razumio što je htio reći?”
61Isus je znao da njegovi učenici prigovaraju pa im reče: “Zar vas to sablažnjava? 62A što ćete pomisliti ako vidite Sina Čovječjega kako se vraća u nebo? 63Sveti Duh je taj koji daje vječni život. Ljudskim naporima ne može se ništa postignuti. A same riječi koje sam vam rekao jesu Duh i život. 64Pa ipak, neki od vas mi ne vjeruju.”
Jer je Isus od početka znao tko u njega ne vjeruje i tko je onaj koji će ga izdati.
65I još reče: “Na to sam mislio kad sam vam rekao da nitko ne može doći k meni ako ga Otac ne privuče.”
66Mnogi se učenici tada povuku i nisu ga više slijedili. 67Tada se Isus okrene Dvanaestorici i upita ih: “Hoćete li i vi otići?”
68Šimun Petar mu odgovori: “Gospodine, kome da odemo? Samo ti imaš riječi koje daju vječni život, 69a mi vjerujemo i znamo da si ti Svetac Božji!”
70Zatim im Isus reče: “Sâm izabrah vas Dvanaestoricu, a ipak je jedan od vas đavao.” 71Govorio je o Judi, sinu Šimuna Iškariotskoga, jednome od Dvanaestorice koji ga je poslije izdao.
