Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
1Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
5When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
7Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
8Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
14After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
Jesus Walks on the Water
16When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19When they had rowed about three or four miles,6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. 20But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
22The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. 23Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.
Jesus the Bread of Life
25When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25”
32Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
41At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’6:45 Isaiah 54:13 Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
Many Disciples Desert Jesus
60On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
61Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? 62Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! 63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit and life. 64Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. 65He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”
66From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
67“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
70Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” 71(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
耶穌使五千人吃飽
1事後，耶穌渡過加利利湖，就是提比哩亞湖。 2許多人因為見過耶穌治病的神蹟，就跟隨了祂。 3耶穌到了山上，與門徒一起坐下來。 4那時，猶太人的逾越節快到了。 5耶穌舉目看見一大群人向祂走來，就對腓力說：「我們到哪裡去買餅給他們吃呢？」 6祂這樣說是想考驗腓力，其實祂知道怎麼做。
7腓力回答說：「就算買二百個銀幣6·7 一個銀幣相當於當時一天的工錢。的餅，也不夠他們每人分一點兒啊！」
8另外一個門徒，西門·彼得的弟弟安得烈對耶穌說： 9「這裡有個小孩子，帶了五個大麥餅和兩條魚。不過，這麼多人，這一點東西實在無濟於事。」
10耶穌說：「你們叫大家坐下。」那地方草很多，眾人便坐下來，當時那裡約有五千男人。 11耶穌拿起餅來祝謝後，分給坐著的眾人，然後又照樣分魚，眾人可以隨意吃。 12眾人吃飽後，耶穌對門徒說：「把剩下的零碎收拾起來，免得浪費。」 13他們便把眾人吃剩的那五個大麥餅的零碎收拾起來，裝滿了十二個籃子。 14眾人看見耶穌行的這個神蹟，都說：「這人真是那位要來到世上的先知！」 15耶穌知道他們想強行立祂作王，便獨自退到山上。
耶穌在湖面上行走
16傍晚的時候，門徒來到湖邊， 17上了船，去湖對岸的迦百農。天色已暗，耶穌還沒到他們那裡。 18忽然，湖面上狂風大作，波濤洶湧。 19門徒搖著櫓行了大約五六公里，突然看見耶穌在水面上朝他們的船走來，他們很害怕。 20耶穌對他們說：「是我，不要怕。」 21於是門徒歡然接祂上船，船立刻到了目的地。
生命之糧
22第二天，留在對岸的眾人發現那裡原來只有一條船，而耶穌沒有和門徒一起坐船離開。 23後來，從提比哩亞來了幾條小船，停泊在靠近主祝謝後給人吃餅的地方。 24眾人發現耶穌和門徒都不在那裡，就乘船到迦百農去找祂。
25他們在湖對岸找到了耶穌，對祂說：「老師，你什麼時候到這裡來的？」
26耶穌回答說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，你們找我，並不是因為看見了神蹟，而是因為你們有餅吃，並且吃飽了。 27不要為必壞的食物勞碌，要為那存到永生的食物勞碌，就是人子要賜給你們的食物，因為人子有父上帝的印證。」
28眾人問祂：「我們該做什麼，才是做上帝的工作呢？」
29耶穌說：「信上帝差來的那位，就是做上帝的工作。」
30他們又問：「那麼，你要行什麼神蹟給我們看，好讓我們信你呢？你要做什麼呢？ 31我們的祖先在曠野有嗎哪吃，正如聖經上說，『祂賜下天糧給他們吃。』6·31 出埃及記16·4；尼希米記9·15；詩篇78·24、25。」
32耶穌對他們說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，不是摩西將天上的糧賜給了你們，而是我父將天上的真糧賜給你們。 33因為上帝賜的糧就是從天降下、賜生命給世人的那位。」
34他們說：「先生，求你常常把這種糧食賜給我們吧。」
35耶穌說：「我就是生命的糧，到我這裡來的人必定不餓，信我的人必永遠不渴。 36但我對你們說過，你們雖然親眼看見我，還是不信。 37凡父賜給我的人，必到我這裡來。到我這裡來的，我決不丟棄他。 38因為我從天上下來，不是要成就自己的旨意，而是要成就差我來者的旨意。 39差我來者的旨意是，祂所賜給我的，我一個也不會失掉，在末日我要叫他們復活。 40因為我父的旨意是要叫一切看見兒子並相信的人得到永生，在末日，我要叫他們復活。」
41猶太人聽見耶穌說自己是從天上降下來的糧，就嘀嘀咕咕， 42說：「這不是約瑟的兒子耶穌嗎？祂的父母，我們都認識，祂現在怎麼能說自己是從天上降下來的呢？」
43耶穌回答他們說：「你們不用嘀嘀咕咕。 44如果不是差我來的父吸引人，沒有人能到我這裡來。到我這裡來的，在末日，我要叫他復活。 45先知書上說，『他們都要受上帝的訓誨。』6·45 以賽亞書54·13。這裡是指凡聽見父的教導又領會的人，都會到我這裡來。 46這並不是說有人見過父，唯獨從上帝而來的那位見過父。 47我實實在在地告訴你們，信我的人有永生。 48我是生命的糧。 49你們的祖先在曠野吃過嗎哪，還是死了。 50但這是從天上降下來的糧，人吃了就不死。 51我就是天上降下來的生命之糧，人吃了這糧，必永遠活著。我將要賜下的糧就是我的肉，是為了讓世人得到生命。」
52猶太人開始彼此爭論，說：「這個人怎麼能把自己的肉給我們吃呢？」
53耶穌說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，如果你們不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，你們裡面就沒有生命。 54吃我肉、喝我血的人有永生，在末日，我要叫他復活。 55因為我的肉是真糧食，我的血是真飲品， 56吃我肉、喝我血的人常在我裡面，我也常在他裡面。 57永活的父差我來，我靠祂而活。同樣，吃我肉的人也靠我而活。 58我是從天上降下來的真糧，吃這糧的人必永遠活著，不像你們的祖先，雖然吃過嗎哪，最後還是死了。」
59這番話是耶穌在迦百農會堂裡教導人的時候講的。
永生之道
60祂的許多門徒聽了，就議論說：「這話實在難懂，誰能接受呢？」
61耶穌知道門徒在嘀咕，就說：「這話讓你們反感嗎？ 62如果你們看見人子升到祂原來所在的地方，會怎麼樣呢？ 63叫人活著的是靈，肉體毫無作用。我對你們說的話就是靈，就是生命。 64然而，你們中間有些人不信。」因為耶穌一開始就知道誰不信祂、誰會出賣祂。
65祂繼續說：「所以我曾對你們說，如果不是我父賜恩，沒有人能到我這裡來。」
66從此，很多門徒離開了，不再跟從耶穌。
67於是耶穌問那十二個門徒：「你們也要離開我嗎？」
68西門·彼得答道：「主啊！你有永生之道，我們還跟從誰呢？ 69我們已經相信並且知道你是上帝的聖者。」
70耶穌說：「我不是揀選了你們十二個人嗎？但其中有一個是魔鬼。」 71耶穌這話指的是加略人西門的兒子猶大，因為他是十二個門徒之一，後來出賣了耶穌。
