After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now there is in Jerusalem near the  ¹sheepgate a pool, which is called in Hebrew  ²Bethesda, having  ³five porticoes.

 ¹In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered,  ²waiting for the moving of the water.

For an  ¹angel went down from time to time in the pool and  ²stirred up the water; the first then to step in after the stirring up of the water was made  ³well of whatever disease he was being held by.

And a certain  ¹man was there, who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness.

When Jesus saw this one lying there and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition,  ¹He said to him, Do you want to get well?

The sick man answered Him,  ¹Sir,  ²I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.

Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your  ¹mat and walk.

And immediately the man  ¹became well, and he  ²took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day;

Therefore the Jews said to the one who had been healed, It is the Sabbath, and  ¹it is not lawful for you to take up your mat.

But he answered them, He who made me well, that One said to me, Take up your mat and walk.

They asked him, Who is the man who said to you, Take up your mat and walk?

But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, there being a crowd in that place.

After these things Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, Behold, you have become well;  ¹sin no more so that nothing worse happens to you.

The man went away and told the Jews that Jesus was the One who made him well.

And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus  ¹and sought to kill Him, because He did these things on the Sabbath.

But Jesus answered them, My Father is  ¹working until now, and I also am working.

Because of this therefore the Jews  ¹sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath but also called God His own Father, making Himself  ²equal with God.

Then Jesus answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing from Himself except what He sees the Father doing, for whatever that One does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and greater works than these He will show Him that you may marvel.

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wills.

For neither does the Father judge anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

In order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Truly, truly, I say to you, He who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has  ¹eternal life, and does not come into  ²judgment but has passed out of  ³death into life.

Truly, truly, I say to you, An hour is coming, and it is now, when the  ¹dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave to the Son to also have life in Himself;

And He gave Him authority to execute judgment because He is the  ¹Son of Man.

Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which  ¹all in the tombs will hear His voice

And will come forth: those who have done good, to the  ¹resurrection of life; and those who have  ²practiced evil, to the  ³resurrection of  ⁴judgment.

I can do nothing from Myself; as I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

If I testify concerning Myself, My testimony is not true.

There is another who testifies concerning Me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies concerning Me is true.

You have sent people to John, and he has testified to the  ¹truth.

But it is not from man that I receive My testimony, but I say these things that you may be saved.

He was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to exult for a while in his light.

But I have the testimony which is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father has given Me to finish, the works themselves which I do, testify concerning Me that the Father has  ¹sent Me.

And the Father who sent Me, He has  ¹testified concerning Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor have you seen His form,

And you do not have His word abiding in you, for Him whom He sent, this One you do not believe.

You  ¹search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me.

Yet you are not willing to  ¹come to Me that you may have life.

I do not receive glory from men.

But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

I have come  ¹in the name of My Father, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

How can you believe when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that is from the only God?

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; there is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote concerning Me.

But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?

After these things Jesus went away across the  ¹Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.

And a great crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He did on those who were sick.

And Jesus went up to the  ¹mountain and sat there with His disciples.

Now the  ¹Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

Jesus then lifting up His eyes and seeing that a great crowd was coming toward Him, said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread that these may eat?

But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He was about to do.

Philip answered Him, Two hundred  ¹denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little.

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

There is a little boy here who has  ¹five  ²barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many?

Jesus said, Have the people recline. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, in number about five thousand.

Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to those who were reclining; likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.

And when they were filled, He said to His disciples, Gather the broken pieces left over that nothing may be lost.

So they gathered them and filled  ¹twelve handbaskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves which were left over among those who had eaten.

The people therefore, seeing the sign which He did, said, This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.

Then Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and take Him by force  ¹to make Him King, withdrew again to the mountain, Himself alone.

And when evening fell, His disciples went down to the sea,

And they got into a boat and began crossing the sea to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

And because a strong wind was blowing, the  ¹sea was churning.

Then, when they had rowed about  ¹twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw  ²Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they became frightened.

But He said to them, It is I. Do not be afraid.

Then they were willing to  ¹take Him into the boat; and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

The next day the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there had been no other small boat there except one, and that Jesus had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

But other small boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, Rabbi, when did You get here?

Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek Me not because you have seen signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.

Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto  ¹eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for Him has the Father, even God, sealed.

Then they said to Him, What shall we  ¹do that we may work the works of God?

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you  ¹believe into Him whom He has  ²sent.

They said then to Him, What sign then will You do that we may see and believe You? What work will You do?

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, “He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.”

Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread out of heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

For the bread of God is He who  ¹comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

They said therefore to Him, Lord, give us this bread always.

Jesus said to them, I am the  ¹bread of life; he who comes to Me shall  ²by no means hunger, and he who believes into Me shall by no means ever thirst.

But I have said to you that you have also seen Me, and yet you do not believe.

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and him who comes to Me I shall by no means cast out.

For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing but should raise it up in the last day.

For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes into Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day.

The Jews therefore murmured concerning Him because He said, I am the bread that came down out of heaven.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the  ¹son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, I have come down out of heaven?

Jesus answered and said to them, Do not murmur among yourselves.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up in the last day.

It is written in the prophets, “And they shall all be taught of God.” Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.

Not that anyone has seen the Father, except Him who is  ¹from God, He has seen the Father.

Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes has eternal life.

I am the bread of life.

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.

I am the  ¹living bread which came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever;

And the bread which I will give is My  ²flesh, given  ³for the life of the world.

The Jews then contended with one another, saying, How can this man give us His flesh to eat?

Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His  ¹blood, you do not have life within yourselves.

He who  ¹eats My flesh and drinks My  ²blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day.

For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and  ¹I in him.

As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who  ¹eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.

This is the bread which came down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread shall live forever.

He said these things in a synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This word is hard; who can hear it?

But Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were murmuring about this, said to them, Does this stumble you?

Then what if you saw the Son of Man  ¹ascending to where He was before?

It is the  ¹Spirit who gives life; the  ²flesh profits nothing; the  ³words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who were the ones who did not believe and who was the one who would  ¹betray Him.

And He said, For this reason I have told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been given to him from the Father.

From that time many of His disciples went back to what they left behind and no longer walked with Him.

Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Do you also want to go away?

Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life,

And we have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.

Jesus answered them, Was it not I who chose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.

Now He spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, would betray Him.