Verse 26
John 6:26
Bible in Basic English
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Yashua (Jesus), answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
Original Language Text
greek
ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ζητεῖτέ με οὐχ ὅτι εἴδετε σημεῖα ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἐφάγετε ἐκ τῶν ἄρτων καὶ ἐχορτάσθητε·
English Translation
Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs but because you ate of the loaves and were filled."
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Chapter 6 Context
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After these things Yashua (Jesus) went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the se...
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And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who wer...
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Then Yashua (Jesus) went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.
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Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
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5
Lifting up his eyes, Yashua (Jesus) saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said...
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6
This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
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7
Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyon...
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One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Yashua (Jesus),
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9
There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?
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10
Yashua (Jesus) said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those sea...
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11
Then Yashua (Jesus) took the cakes and having given praise to God (Elohim), he gave them to the peop...
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12
And when they had had enough, Yashua (Jesus) said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which ar...
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So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the...
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14
And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to...
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15
Now when Yashua (Jesus) saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a k...
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When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;
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And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and...
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The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.
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After they had gone three or four miles they saw Yashua (Jesus) walking on the sea and coming near t...
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But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.
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Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they w...
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The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had bee...
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Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after...
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So when the people saw that Yashua (Jesus) was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boat...
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And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?
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26
Yashua (Jesus), answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw sig...
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Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal...
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Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God (Elohim)?
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Yashua (Jesus), answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God (Elohim): to have faith in hi...
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So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?
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Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
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Yashua (Jesus) then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from hea...
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The bread of God (Elohim) is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
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Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!
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And this was the answer of Yashua (Jesus): I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be...
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36
But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.
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37
Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
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38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
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And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he...
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40
This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have e...
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41
Now the Jews said bitter things about Yashua (Jesus) because of his words, I am the bread which came...
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42
And they said, Is not this Yashua (Jesus), the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen?...
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43
Yashua (Jesus) made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another.
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44
No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I w...
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45
The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God (Elohim). Everyone whose...
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Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God (Elohim), he has seen the Father.
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Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.
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I am the bread of life.
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49
Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead.
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50
The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
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51
I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have...
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52
Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to g...
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Then Yashua (Jesus) said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man...
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He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from...
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My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
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He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
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57
As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for...
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58
This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: t...
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59
Yashua (Jesus) said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.
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60
Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in su...
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61
When Yashua (Jesus) became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said...
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62
What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?
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The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spiri...
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But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Yashua (Jesus) from the first who they were...
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And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to...
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66
Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.
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67
So Yashua (Jesus) said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?
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68
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
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And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God (Elohim).
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Then Yashua (Jesus) said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of...
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He was talking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. It was he who was to be false to Yashua (Jesus)-...
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