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1Dopo queste cose, Gesù se ne andò all’altra riva del mar di Galilea, ch’è il mar di Tiberiade. 2E una gran moltitudine lo seguiva, perché vedeva i miracoli ch’egli faceva sugl’infermi. 3Ma Gesù salì sul monte e quivi si pose a sedere co’ suoi discepoli. 4Or la Pasqua, la festa dei Giudei, era vicina. 5Gesù dunque, alzati gli occhi e vedendo che una gran folla veniva a lui, disse a Filippo: Dove comprerem noi del pane perché questa gente abbia da mangiare? 6Diceva così per provarlo; perché sapeva bene quel che stava per fare. 7Filippo gli rispose: Dugento denari di pane non bastano perché ciascun di loro n’abbia un pezzetto. 8Uno de’ suoi discepoli, Andrea, fratello di Simon Pietro, gli disse: 9V’è qui un ragazzo che ha cinque pani d’orzo e due pesci; ma che cosa sono per tanta gente? 10Gesù disse: Fateli sedere. Or v’era molt’erba in quel luogo. La gente dunque si sedette, ed eran circa cinquemila uomini. 11Gesù quindi prese i pani; e dopo aver rese grazie, li distribuì alla gente seduta; lo stesso fece de’ pesci, quanto volevano. 12E quando furon saziati, disse ai suoi discepoli: Raccogliete i pezzi avanzati, ché nulla se ne perda. 13Essi quindi li raccolsero, ed empiron dodici ceste di pezzi che di que’ cinque pani d’orzo erano avanzati a quelli che avean mangiato. 14La gente dunque, avendo veduto il miracolo che Gesù avea fatto, disse: Questi è certo il profeta che ha da venire al mondo. 15Gesù quindi, sapendo che stavan per venire a rapirlo per farlo re, si ritirò di nuovo sul monte, tutto solo. 16E quando fu sera, i suoi discepoli scesero al mare; 17e montati in una barca, si dirigevano all’altra riva, verso Capernaum. Già era buio, e Gesù non era ancora venuto a loro. 18E il mare era agitato, perché tirava un gran vento. 19Or com’ebbero vogato circa venticinque o trenta stadi, videro Gesù che camminava sul mare e s’accostava alla barca; ed ebbero paura. 20Ma egli disse loro: Son io, non temete. 21Essi dunque lo vollero prendere nella barca, e subito la barca toccò terra là dove eran diretti. 22La folla che era rimasta all’altra riva del mare avea notato che non v’era quivi altro che una barca sola, e che Gesù non v’era entrato co’ suoi discepoli, ma che i discepoli eran partiti soli. 23Or altre barche eran giunte da Tiberiade, presso al luogo dove avean mangiato il pane dopo che il Signore avea reso grazie. 24La folla, dunque, quando l’indomani ebbe veduto che Gesù non era quivi, né che v’erano i suoi discepoli, montò in quelle barche, e venne a Capernaum in cerca di Gesù. 25E trovatolo di là dal mare, gli dissero: Maestro, quando se’ giunto qua? 26Gesù rispose loro e disse: In verità, in verità vi dico che voi mi cercate, non perché avete veduto dei miracoli, ma perché avete mangiato de’ pani e siete stati saziati. 27Adopratevi non per il cibo che perisce, ma per il cibo che dura in vita eterna, il quale il Figliuol dell’uomo vi darà; poiché su lui il Padre, cioè Dio, ha apposto il proprio suggello. 28Essi dunque gli dissero: Che dobbiam fare per operare le opere di Dio? 29Gesù rispose e disse loro: Questa è l’opera di Dio: che crediate in colui che Egli ha mandato. 30Allora essi gli dissero: Qual segno fai tu dunque perché lo vediamo e ti crediamo? Che operi? 31I nostri padri mangiaron la manna nel deserto, com’è scritto: Egli diè loro da mangiare del pane venuto dal cielo. 32E Gesù disse loro: In verità vi dico che non Mosè vi ha dato il pane che vien dal cielo, ma il Padre mio vi dà il vero pane che viene dal cielo. 33Poiché il pan di Dio è quello che scende dal cielo, e dà vita al mondo. Essi quindi gli dissero: 34Signore, dacci sempre di codesto pane. 35Gesù disse loro: Io son il pan della vita; chi viene a me non avrà fame, e chi crede in me non avrà mai sete. 36Ma io ve l’ho detto: Voi m’avete veduto, eppur non credete! 37Tutto quel che il Padre mi dà, verrà a me; e colui che viene a me, io non lo caccerò fuori; 38perché son disceso dal cielo per fare non la mia volontà, ma la volontà di Colui che mi ha mandato. 39E questa è la volontà di Colui che mi ha mandato: ch’io non perda nulla di tutto quel ch’Egli m’ha dato, ma che lo risusciti nell’ultimo giorno. 40Poiché questa è la volontà del Padre mio: che chiunque contempla il Figliuolo e crede in lui, abbia vita eterna; e io lo risusciterò nell’ultimo giorno. 41I Giudei perciò mormoravano di lui perché avea detto: Io sono il pane che è disceso dal cielo. 42E dicevano: Non è costui Gesù, il figliuol di Giuseppe, del quale conosciamo il padre e la madre? Come mai dice egli ora: Io son disceso dal cielo? 43Gesù rispose e disse loro: Non mormorate fra voi. 44Niuno può venire a me se non che il Padre, il quale mi ha mandato, lo attiri; e io lo risusciterò nell’ultimo giorno. 45E’ scritto nei profeti: E saranno tutti ammaestrati da Dio. Ogni uomo che ha udito il Padre ed ha imparato da lui, viene a me. 46Non che alcuno abbia veduto il Padre, se non colui che è da Dio; egli ha veduto il Padre. 47In verità, in verità io vi dico: Chi crede ha vita eterna. 48Io sono il pan della vita. 49I vostri padri mangiarono la manna nel deserto e morirono. 50Questo è il pane che discende dal cielo, affinché chi ne mangia non muoia. 51Io sono il pane vivente, che è disceso dal cielo; se uno mangia di questo pane vivrà in eterno; e il pane che darò è la mia carne, che darò per la vita del mondo. 52I Giudei dunque disputavano fra di loro, dicendo: Come mai può costui darci a mangiare la sua carne? 53Perciò Gesù disse loro: In verità, in verità io vi dico che se non mangiate la carne del Figliuol dell’uomo e non bevete il suo sangue, non avete la vita in voi. 54Chi mangia la mia carne e beve il mio sangue ha vita eterna; e io lo risusciterò nell’ultimo giorno. 55Perché la mia carne è vero cibo e il mio sangue è vera bevanda. 56Chi mangia la mia carne e beve il mio sangue dimora in me, e io in lui. 57Come il vivente Padre mi ha mandato e io vivo a cagion del Padre, così chi mi mangia vivrà anch’egli a cagion di me. 58Questo è il pane che è disceso dal cielo; non qual era quello che i padri mangiarono e morirono; chi mangia di questo pane vivrà in eterno. 59Queste cose disse Gesù, insegnando nella sinagoga di Capernaum. 60Onde molti dei suoi discepoli, udite che l’ebbero, dissero: Questo parlare è duro; chi lo può ascoltare? 61Ma Gesù, conoscendo in se stesso che i suoi discepoli mormoravan di ciò, disse loro: Questo vi scandalizza? 62E che sarebbe se vedeste il Figliuol dell’uomo ascendere dov’era prima? 63E’ lo spirito quel che vivifica; la carne non giova nulla; le parole che vi ho dette sono spirito e vita. 64Ma fra voi ve ne sono alcuni che non credono. Poiché Gesù sapeva fin da principio chi eran quelli che non credevano, e chi era colui che lo tradirebbe. 65E diceva: Per questo v’ho detto che niuno può venire a me, se non gli è dato dal Padre. 66D’allora molti de’ suoi discepoli si ritrassero indietro e non andavan più con lui. 67Perciò Gesù disse ai dodici: Non ve ne volete andare anche voi? 68Simon Pietro gli rispose: Signore, a chi ce ne andremmo noi? Tu hai parole di vita eterna; 69e noi abbiam creduto e abbiam conosciuto che tu sei il Santo di Dio. 70Gesù rispose loro: Non ho io scelto voi dodici? Eppure, un di voi è un diavolo. 71Or egli parlava di Giuda, figliuol di Simone Iscariota, perché era lui, uno di quei dodici, che lo dovea tradire.

1After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick. 3Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples. 4Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?” 6This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little.” 8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?” 10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired. 12When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.” 13So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten. 14When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.” 15Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself. 16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing. 19When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid. 20But he said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 21They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going. 22On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. 23However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled. 27Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.” 28They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do? 31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” 32Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. 33For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.” 34They said therefore to him, “Lord, always give us this bread.” 35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe. 37All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out. 38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. 40This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” 41The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.” 42They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’” 43Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves. 44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. 45It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. 46Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father. 47Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. 51I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” 52The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves. 54He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. 57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me. 58This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.” 59He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 60Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?” 61But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? 62Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life. 64But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him. 65He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.” 66At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?” 68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 70Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 71Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.

1Na dezen vertrok Jezus over de zee van Galilea, welke is de zee van Tiberias. 2En Hem volgde een grote schare, omdat zij Zijn tekenen zagen, die Hij deed aan de kranken. 3En Jezus ging op den berg, en zat aldaar neder met Zijn discipelen. 4En het pascha, het feest der Joden, was nabij. 5Jezus dan, de ogen opheffende, en ziende, dat een grote schare tot Hem kwam, zeide tot Filippus: Van waar zullen wij broden kopen, opdat deze eten mogen? 6(Doch dit zeide Hij, hem beproevende; want Hij wist Zelf, wat Hij doen zou.) 7Filippus antwoordde Hem: Voor tweehonderd penningen brood is voor dezen niet genoeg, opdat een iegelijk van hen een weinig neme. 8Een van Zijn discipelen, namelijk Andreas, de broeder van Simon Petrus, zeide tot Hem: 9Hier is een jongsken, dat vijf gerstebroden heeft, en twee visjes; maar wat zijn deze onder zo velen? 10En Jezus zeide: Doet de mensen nederzitten. En er was veel gras in die plaats. Zo zaten dan de mannen neder, omtrent vijf duizend in getal. 11En Jezus nam de broden, en gedankt hebbende, deelde Hij ze den discipelen, en de discipelen dengenen, die nedergezeten waren; desgelijks ook van de visjes, zoveel zij wilden. 12En als zij verzadigd waren, zeide Hij tot Zijn discipelen: Vergadert de overgeschoten brokken, opdat er niets verloren ga. 13Zij vergaderden ze dan, en vulden twaalf korven met brokken van de vijf gerstebroden, welke overgeschoten waren dengenen, die gegeten hadden. 14De mensen dan, gezien hebbende het teken, dat Jezus gedaan had, zeiden: Deze is waarlijk de Profeet, Die in de wereld komen zou. 15Jezus dan, wetende, dat zij zouden komen, en Hem met geweld nemen, opdat zij Hem Koning maakten, ontweek wederom op den berg, Hij Zelf alleen. 16En als het avond geworden was, gingen Zijn discipelen af naar de zee. 17En in het schip gegaan zijnde, kwamen zij over de zee naar Kapernaum. En het was alrede duister geworden, en Jezus was tot hen niet gekomen. 18En de zee verhief zich, overmits er een grote wind waaide. 19En als zij omtrent vijf en twintig of dertig stadien gevaren waren, zagen zij Jezus, wandelende op de zee, en komende bij het schip; en zij werden bevreesd. 20Maar Hij zeide tot hen: Ik ben het; zijt niet bevreesd. 21Zij hebben dan Hem gewilliglijk in het schip genomen; en terstond kwam het schip aan het land, daar zij naar toe voeren. 22Des anderen daags de schare, die aan de andere zijde der zee stond, ziende, dat aldaar geen ander scheepje was dan dat ene, daar Zijn discipelen ingegaan waren, en dat Jezus met Zijn discipelen in dat scheepje niet was gegaan, maar dat Zijn discipelen alleen weggevaren waren; 23(Doch er kwamen andere scheepjes van Tiberias, nabij de plaats, waar zij het brood gegeten hadden, als de Heere gedankt had.) 24Toen dan de schare zag, dat Jezus aldaar niet was, noch Zijn discipelen, zo gingen zij ook in de schepen, en kwamen te Kapernaum, zoekende Jezus. 25En als zij Hem gevonden hadden over de zee, zeiden zij tot Hem: Rabbi, wanneer zijt Gij hier gekomen? 26Jezus antwoordde hun en zeide: Voorwaar, voorwaar zeg Ik u: gij zoekt Mij, niet omdat gij tekenen gezien hebt, maar omdat gij van de broden gegeten hebt, en verzadigd zijt. 27Werkt niet om de spijs, die vergaat, maar om de spijs, die blijft tot in het eeuwige leven, welke de Zoon des mensen ulieden geven zal; want Dezen heeft God de Vader verzegeld. 28Zij zeiden dan tot Hem: Wat zullen wij doen, opdat wij de werken Gods mogen werken? 29Jezus antwoordde en zeide tot hen: Dit is het werk Gods, dat gij gelooft in Hem, Dien Hij gezonden heeft. 30Zij zeiden dan tot Hem: Wat teken doet Gij dan, opdat wij het mogen zien, en U geloven? Wat werkt Gij? 31Onze vaders hebben het Manna gegeten in de woestijn; gelijk geschreven is: Hij gaf hun het brood uit den hemel te eten. 32Jezus dan zeide tot hen: Voorwaar, voorwaar zeg Ik u: Mozes heeft u niet gegeven het brood uit den hemel; maar Mijn Vader geeft u dat ware Brood uit den hemel. 33Want het Brood Gods is Hij, Die uit den hemel nederdaalt, en Die der wereld het leven geeft. 34Zij zeiden dan tot Hem: Heere, geef ons altijd dit Brood. 35En Jezus zeide tot hen: Ik ben het Brood des levens; die tot Mij komt, zal geenszins hongeren, en die in Mij gelooft, zal nimmermeer dorsten. 36Maar Ik heb u gezegd, dat gij Mij ook gezien hebt, en gij gelooft niet. 37Al wat Mij de Vader geeft, zal tot Mij komen; en die tot Mij komt, zal Ik geenszins uitwerpen. 38Want Ik ben uit den hemel nedergedaald, niet opdat Ik Mijn wil zou doen, maar den wil Desgenen, Die Mij gezonden heeft. 39En dit is de wil des Vaders, Die Mij gezonden heeft, dat al wat Hij Mij gegeven heeft, Ik daaruit niet verlieze, maar hetzelve opwekke ten uitersten dage. 40En dit is de wil Desgenen, Die Mij gezonden heeft, dat een iegelijk, die den Zoon aanschouwt, en in Hem gelooft, het eeuwige leven hebbe; en Ik zal hem opwekken ten uitersten dage. 41De Joden dan murmureerden over Hem, omdat Hij gezegd had: Ik ben het Brood, Dat uit den hemel nedergedaald is. 42En zij zeiden: Is deze niet Jezus, de Zoon van Jozef, Wiens vader en moeder wij kennen? Hoe zegt Deze dan: Ik ben uit den hemel nedergedaald? 43Jezus antwoordde dan, en zeide tot hen: Murmureert niet onder elkander. 44Niemand kan tot Mij komen, tenzij dat de Vader, Die Mij gezonden heeft, hem trekke; en Ik zal hem opwekken ten uitersten dage. 45Er is geschreven in de profeten: En zij zullen allen van God geleerd zijn. Een iegelijk dan, die het van den Vader gehoord en geleerd heeft, die komt tot Mij. 46Niet dat iemand den Vader gezien heeft, dan Die van God is; Deze heeft den Vader gezien. 47Voorwaar, voorwaar zeg Ik u: Die in Mij gelooft, heeft het eeuwige leven. 48Ik ben het Brood des levens. 49Uw vaders hebben het Manna gegeten in de woestijn, en zij zijn gestorven. 50Dit is het Brood, dat uit den hemel nederdaalt, opdat de mens daarvan ete, en niet sterve. 51Ik ben dat levende Brood, dat uit den hemel nedergedaald is; zo iemand van dit Brood eet, die zal in der eeuwigheid leven. En het Brood, dat Ik geven zal, is Mijn vlees, hetwelk Ik geven zal voor het leven der wereld. 52De Joden dan streden onder elkander, zeggende: Hoe kan ons deze Zijn vlees te eten geven? 53Jezus dan zeide tot hen: Voorwaar, voorwaar zeg Ik ulieden: Tenzij dat gij het vlees des Zoons des mensen eet, en Zijn bloed drinkt, zo hebt gij geen leven in uzelven. 54Die Mijn vlees eet, en Mijn bloed drinkt, die heeft het eeuwige leven; en Ik zal hem opwekken ten uitersten dage. 55Want Mijn vlees is waarlijk Spijs, en Mijn bloed is waarlijk Drank. 56Die Mijn vlees eet, en Mijn bloed drinkt, die blijft in Mij, en Ik in hem. 57Gelijkerwijs Mij de levende Vader gezonden heeft, en Ik leve door den Vader; alzo die Mij eet, dezelve zal leven door Mij. 58Dit is het Brood, dat uit den hemel nedergedaald is; niet gelijk uw vaders het Manna gegeten hebben, en zijn gestorven. Die dit Brood eet, zal in der eeuwigheid leven. 59Deze dingen zeide Hij in de synagoge, lerende te Kapernaum. 60Velen dan van Zijn discipelen, dit horende, zeiden: Deze rede is hard; wie kan dezelve horen? 61Jezus nu, wetende bij Zichzelven, dat Zijn discipelen daarover murmureerden, zeide tot hen: Ergert ulieden dit? 62Wat zou het dan zijn, zo gij de Zoon des mensen zaagt opvaren, daar Hij te voren was? 63De Geest is het, Die levend maakt; het vlees is niet nut. De woorden, die Ik tot u spreek, zijn geest en zijn leven. 64Maar er zijn sommigen van ulieden, die niet geloven. Want Jezus wist van den beginne, wie zij waren, die niet geloofden, en wie hij was, die Hem verraden zou. 65En Hij zeide: Daarom heb Ik u gezegd, dat niemand tot Mij komen kan, tenzij dat het hem gegeven zij van Mijn Vader. 66Van toen af gingen velen Zijner discipelen terug, en wandelden niet meer met Hem. 67Jezus dan zeide tot de twaalven: Wilt gijlieden ook niet weggaan? 68Simon Petrus dan antwoordde Hem: Heere, tot Wien zullen wij heengaan? Gij hebt de woorden des eeuwigen levens. 69En wij hebben geloofd en bekend, dat Gij zijt de Christus, de Zoon des levenden Gods. 70Jezus antwoordde hun: Heb Ik niet u twaalf uitverkoren? En een uit u is een duivel. 71En Hij zeide dit van Judas, Simons zoon, Iskariot; want deze zou Hem verraden, zijnde een van de twaalven.