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John 6:1¹After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:31-44 John 6:23 Luke 5:1 Matt 4:18 John 21:1 Num 34:11 Matt 14:13-21 Josh 12:3 Luke 9:10-17 Matt 15:29

John 6:2²A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 4:24-25 Matt 12:15 Matt 15:30-31 John 2:11 Mark 6:33 Matt 14:14

John 6:3³So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:15 Luke 9:28 Matt 14:23 Luke 6:12-13 Matt 15:29

John 6:4⁴(Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 2:13 John 11:55 Deut 16:1 John 5:1 Exod 12:6-14 John 12:1 John 13:1 Lev 23:5 Lev 23:7

John 6:5⁵Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:12-13 Matt 15:33 John 1:43 John 4:35 Matt 14:14-15 Mark 6:34-35

John 6:6⁶(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 22:1 2 Chr 32:31 Deut 13:3 Deut 8:16 Deut 33:8 Deut 8:2

John 6:7⁷Philip replied, “200 silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:37 Num 11:21-22 John 12:5 2 Kgs 4:43 Matt 18:28

John 6:8⁸One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:40-44 Matt 4:18

John 6:9⁹“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:42-44 Mark 6:38 Matt 14:17 Luke 9:13 Ps 78:19 Mark 8:19 Matt 16:9 2 Cor 8:9 Deut 8:8 Ps 147:14

John 6:10¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about 5,000 in number.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:14-16 Matt 14:18-19 Mark 8:6-7 Mark 6:39-41 Matt 15:35-36

John 6:11¹¹Then 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, as much as they wanted.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:18 John 6:23 Luke 24:30 Matt 15:36 Rom 14:6 1 Cor 10:31 1 Tim 4:4-5 1 Sam 9:13 Acts 27:35

John 6:12¹²When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 1:53 Luke 9:17 Neh 9:25 Mark 6:42-44 Neh 8:10 Matt 14:20-21 Matt 15:37-38 Mark 8:8-9 Prov 18:9 Luke 15:13

John 6:13¹³So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 11:24-25 1 Kgs 7:15-16 2 Chr 25:9 2 Cor 9:8-9 2 Kgs 4:2-7 Phil 4:19

John 6:14¹⁴Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 18:15-18 Acts 7:37 Matt 21:11 Matt 11:3 Acts 3:22-24 Gen 49:10 John 1:21 John 7:40 John 4:19 John 4:25

John 6:15¹⁵Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:36 John 7:3-4 John 6:15-21 Luke 19:38 Mark 11:9 Mark 6:45-52 Matt 14:22-33 John 2:24-25 John 5:41

John 6:16¹⁶Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

John 6:17¹⁷got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:45 John 6:24-25 John 2:12 John 4:46

John 6:18¹⁸By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 135:7 Ps 107:25 Matt 14:24

John 6:19¹⁹Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:47-49 Matt 14:25-26 John 14:18 Ps 93:4 Job 9:8 Jonah 1:13 Ezek 27:26 Luke 24:36-39 Ps 29:10 John 11:18

John 6:20²⁰But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 14:27-31 Isa 43:1-2 Isa 44:8 Isa 41:10 Isa 41:14 Rev 1:17-18 Mark 6:50 Mark 16:6 Ps 35:3

John 6:21²¹Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:51 Matt 14:32-33 Ps 24:7-10 Rev 3:20 Song 3:4

John 6:22²²The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:45 John 6:15-21 John 6:2 Matt 14:22

John 6:23²³Other boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:1 John 6:11-12

John 6:24²⁴So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:17 Luke 8:40 Mark 1:37 Mark 6:53 John 18:4-5 John 20:15 John 6:23 John 6:59 John 7:11 Matt 14:34

John 6:25²⁵When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:38-39 Matt 23:7

John 6:26²⁶Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 4:3-4 Phil 3:19 Phil 2:21 Ezek 33:31 1 Tim 6:5 Acts 8:18-21 Rom 16:18 Ps 106:12-14 John 6:2 Ps 78:37

John 6:27²⁷Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life—the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 3:2 Isa 55:2 John 6:54 2 Tim 2:19 John 6:40 Matt 6:19 Rom 6:23 John 6:51 Acts 10:38 Jer 15:16

John 6:28²⁸So then they said to him, “What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 16:30 Acts 9:6 Luke 10:25 Matt 19:16 Acts 2:37 Deut 5:27 Mic 6:7-8 Jer 42:20 Jer 42:3-6

John 6:29²⁹Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires —to believe in the one whom he sent.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 3:23 Acts 16:31 John 3:36 Heb 5:9 1 John 5:1 Mark 16:16 John 5:39 Rom 4:4-5 Rom 9:30-31 John 3:16-18

John 6:30³⁰So they said to him, “Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:37 1 Cor 1:22 John 10:38 John 6:36 1 Kgs 13:3 1 Kgs 13:5 Acts 4:30 Exod 4:8 Heb 2:4 Isa 5:19

John 6:31³¹Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 9:15 Ps 105:40 Ps 78:24-25 Exod 16:4-15 Exod 16:35 Deut 8:3 John 6:49 Neh 9:20 Num 11:6-9 Josh 5:12

John 6:32³²Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:4 John 15:1 John 6:58 Exod 16:8 Gal 4:4 John 1:9 John 6:33 John 6:35 John 6:41 John 6:50

John 6:33³³For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 8:42 John 17:8 John 3:13 1 John 1:1-2 John 6:50 1 Tim 1:15 John 13:3 John 16:28 John 6:38 John 6:48

John 6:34³⁴So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread all the time!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 4:15 John 6:26 Ps 4:6

John 6:35³⁵Jesus 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:48-58 Isa 55:1-3 Rev 22:17 John 6:41 Isa 49:10 John 7:37-38 Rev 7:16 Matt 11:28 1 Cor 11:23-29 John 4:13-14

John 6:36³⁶But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:8-9 John 12:37 John 6:26 Luke 16:31 John 15:24 John 6:30 John 6:40 John 6:64

John 6:37³⁷Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 11:28 John 6:39 John 17:24 John 10:28-29 John 17:2 John 17:6 Isa 55:7 2 Tim 2:19 Heb 4:15 Eph 2:4-10

John 6:38³⁸For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 5:30 John 4:34 John 3:31 Phil 2:7-8 Ps 40:7-8 Isa 53:10 John 6:33 John 3:13 Matt 26:39-42 Heb 10:7-9

John 6:39³⁹Now 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 up at the last day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 17:12 John 6:40 John 18:9 John 10:27-30 John 6:54 John 6:44 Jude 1:1 Rom 8:11 2 Thess 2:13-14 Phil 3:20-21

John 6:40⁴⁰For 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 up at the last day.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 5:24 Rom 6:23 John 6:54 John 11:25 John 3:15-18 John 4:14 John 1:14 John 12:45 John 14:19 John 3:36

John 6:41⁴¹Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:51-52 John 6:33 John 6:48 John 6:60 John 6:66 John 7:12 John 6:43 John 6:58 Jude 1:16 Luke 15:2

John 6:42⁴²and 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’?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 4:22 Mark 6:3 Matt 13:55-56 1 Cor 15:47 John 7:27-28 Gal 4:4 John 6:38 John 6:62 Rom 1:3-4 Rom 9:5

John 6:43⁴³Jesus replied, “Do not complain about me to one another.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 4:13 John 6:64 John 16:19 Mark 9:33 Matt 16:8

John 6:44⁴⁴No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:65 Matt 11:25-27 John 6:39-40 Eph 2:4-10 John 12:32 Matt 16:17 John 6:45 Titus 3:3-5 Jer 31:3 Hos 11:4

John 6:45⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 54:13 Jer 31:33-34 Heb 10:16 Heb 8:10-11 1 Thess 4:9 Mic 4:2 Isa 2:3 John 6:65 John 6:37 Matt 17:5

John 6:46⁴⁶(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God—he has seen the Father.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:18 John 7:29 Luke 10:22 Matt 11:27 1 John 4:12 1 Tim 6:16 Col 1:15 John 14:9-10 John 15:24 John 5:37

John 6:47⁴⁷I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 3:36 Col 3:3-4 John 3:16 John 5:24 Rom 5:9-10 John 3:18 John 6:40 John 6:54 1 John 5:12-13 John 14:19

John 6:48⁴⁸I am the bread of life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:51 1 Cor 11:24-25 1 Cor 10:16-17 John 6:41 John 6:33-35

John 6:49⁴⁹Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jude 1:5 1 Cor 10:3-5 Heb 3:17-19 John 6:31 John 6:58 Num 26:65 Zech 1:5

John 6:50⁵⁰This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:33 Rom 8:10 John 6:51 John 6:58 John 8:51 John 3:13 John 6:42 John 11:25-26

John 6:51⁵¹I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:33 Luke 22:19 Heb 10:5-12 Titus 2:14 John 3:13 Matt 20:28 2 Cor 5:21 Heb 10:20 1 Pet 2:4 Eph 5:2

John 6:52⁵²Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:19 John 9:16 John 6:41 1 Cor 2:14 Acts 17:32 John 3:4 John 3:9 John 4:11 John 7:40-43

John 6:53⁵³Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 5:12 Matt 26:26-28 John 6:55 John 6:47 John 15:4 John 6:26-27 John 3:3 Rev 2:17 John 3:36 John 3:5

John 6:54⁵⁴The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:39-40 Phil 3:7-10 Gal 2:20 John 6:27 Prov 9:4-6 Isa 55:1-3 John 4:14 John 6:47 John 6:63 Ps 22:26

John 6:55⁵⁵For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:32 John 8:31 John 8:36 John 1:9 John 15:1 1 John 5:20 Heb 8:2 John 1:47 Ps 4:7

John 6:56⁵⁶The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 3:24 John 15:4-5 Rev 3:20 John 14:20 John 17:21-23 Ps 91:9 1 John 4:15-16 John 14:23 1 John 4:12 2 Cor 6:16

John 6:57⁵⁷Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 2:20 John 5:26 John 17:21 Col 3:3-4 Jer 10:10 John 3:17 Ps 18:46 1 Cor 15:22 1 John 4:9 1 Thess 1:9

John 6:58⁵⁸This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 3:36 John 6:47-51 John 6:31-34 John 6:41

John 6:59⁵⁹Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:24 John 18:20 Luke 4:31 Prov 1:20-23 Prov 8:1-3 Ps 40:9-10

John 6:60⁶⁰Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, “This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:66 John 8:43 John 8:31 Matt 11:6 John 6:41-42 2 Pet 3:16 Heb 5:11

John 6:61⁶¹When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 2:24-25 John 6:64 Heb 4:13 Rev 2:23 John 21:17 Matt 11:6

John 6:62⁶²Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 3:13 Mark 16:19 Eph 4:8-10 Luke 24:51 1 Pet 3:22 Acts 1:9 John 16:28 John 17:4-5 John 17:11 John 6:27

John 6:63⁶³The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 5:25 Heb 4:12 Ps 119:93 John 6:68 Ps 119:130 1 Pet 1:23 Ps 119:50 Deut 32:47 1 Cor 15:45 Rom 10:17

John 6:64⁶⁴But 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.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:19 John 10:26 Heb 4:13 John 13:10-11 John 2:24-25 John 5:42 John 6:61 John 6:70-71 Ps 139:2-4 Rom 8:29

John 6:65⁶⁵So Jesus added, “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:44-45 John 6:37 John 3:27 John 10:26-27 Eph 2:8-9 2 Tim 2:25 Jas 1:16-18 Titus 3:3-7 John 12:37-41 Phil 1:29

John 6:66⁶⁶After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:62 1 John 2:19 Heb 10:38 John 6:60 John 8:31 2 Tim 4:10 Matt 19:22 John 6:64 Zeph 1:6 2 Pet 2:20-22

John 6:67⁶⁷So Jesus said to the twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 6:70 Luke 14:25-33 Ruth 1:11-18 Josh 24:15-22 2 Sam 15:19-20

John 6:68⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 73:25 John 5:24 1 John 5:11-13 Acts 4:12 Acts 5:20 John 6:63 Matt 16:16 Acts 7:38 John 6:40 John 5:39-40

John 6:69⁶⁹We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:27 Luke 9:20 Mark 8:29 1 John 5:1 1 John 5:20 John 1:45-49 John 20:28 John 1:29 John 1:41 John 20:31

John 6:70⁷⁰Jesus replied, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:27 John 13:2 John 17:12 John 6:64 John 13:18 Rev 3:9-10 1 John 3:8 1 Tim 3:11 Acts 1:17 John 13:21

John 6:71⁷¹(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:14-16 Acts 1:16-20 Jude 1:4 Ps 41:9 Acts 2:23 John 13:26 John 18:2-6 Matt 27:3-5 Ps 109:6-8 Ps 55:13-14

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