Feeding Five Thousand
(Matthew 14.13-21Mark 6.30-44Luke 9.10-17)1 Jesus crossed Lake Galilee, which was also known as Lake Tiberias. 2 A large crowd had seen him work miracles to heal the sick, and those people went with him. 3-4 It was almost time for the Jewish festival of Passover, and Jesus went up on a mountain with his disciples and sat down.
5 When Jesus saw the large crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we get enough food to feed all these people?” 6 He said this to test Philip, since he already knew what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered, “Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages just to buy only a little bread for each of these people?”
8 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the disciples. He spoke up and said, 9 “There is a boy here who has five small loaves of barley bread and two fish. But what good is that with all these people?”
10 The ground was covered with grass, and Jesus told his disciples to tell everyone to sit down. About 5,000 men were in the crowd. 11 Jesus took the bread in his hands and gave thanks to God. Then he passed the bread to the people, and he did the same with the fish, until everyone had plenty to eat.
12 The people ate all they wanted, and Jesus told his disciples to gather up the leftovers, so that nothing would be wasted. 13 The disciples gathered them up and filled twelve large baskets with what was left over from the five barley loaves.
14 After the people had seen Jesus work this miracle, they began saying, “This must be the Prophet who is to come into the world!” 15 Jesus realized that they would try to force him to be their king. So he went up on a mountain, where he could be alone.
Jesus Walks on the Water
(Matthew 14.22-27Mark 6.45-52)16 That evening, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake. 17 They got into a boat and started across for Capernaum. Later that evening Jesus had still not come to them, 18 and a strong wind was making the water rough.
19 When the disciples had rowed for five or six kilometers, they saw Jesus walking on the water. He kept coming closer to the boat, and they were terrified. 20 But he said, “I am Jesus! Don't be afraid!” 21 The disciples wanted to take him into the boat, but suddenly the boat reached the shore where they were headed.
The Bread That Gives Life
22 The people who had stayed on the east side of the lake knew that only one boat had been there. They also knew that Jesus had not left in it with his disciples. But the next day 23 some boats from Tiberias sailed near the place where the crowd had eaten the bread for which the Lord had given thanks. 24 They saw that Jesus and his disciples had left. Then they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus. 25 They found him on the west side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that you are not looking for me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate all the food you wanted. 27 Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”
28 “What exactly does God want us to do?” the people asked.
29 Jesus answered, “God wants you to have faith in the one he sent.”
30 They replied, “What miracle will you work, so that we can have faith in you? What will you do? 31 For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
32 Jesus then told them, “I tell you for certain that Moses wasn't the one who gave you bread from heaven. My Father is the one who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 And the bread that God gives is the one who came down from heaven to give life to the world.”
34 The people said, “Sir, give us this bread and don't ever stop!”
35 Jesus replied:
I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty. 36 I have told you already that you have seen me and still do not have faith in me. 37 Everything and everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won't turn any of them away.
38 I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me, 39 and he wants to make certain that none of the ones he has given me will be lost. Instead, he wants me to raise them to life on the last day. 40 My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day.
41 The people started grumbling because Jesus had said he was the bread that had come down from heaven. 42 They were asking each other, “Isn't he Jesus, the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father and mother? How can he say that he has come down from heaven?”
43 Jesus told them:
Stop grumbling! 44 No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me makes them want to come. But if they do come, I will raise them to life on the last day. 45 One of the prophets wrote, “God will teach all of them.” And so everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.
46 The only one who has seen the Father is the one who has come from him. No one else has ever seen the Father. 47 I tell you for certain that everyone who has faith in me has eternal life.
48 I am the bread that gives life! 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, and later they died. 50 But the bread from heaven has come down, so that no one who eats it will ever die. 51 I am that bread from heaven! Everyone who eats it will live forever. My flesh is the life-giving bread I give to the people of this world.
52 They started arguing with each other and asked, “How can he give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus answered:
I tell you for certain that you won't live unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man. 54 But if you do eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have eternal life, and I will raise you to life on the last day. 55 My flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. 56 If you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you are one with me, and I am one with you.
57 The living Father sent me, and I have life because of him. Now everyone who eats my flesh will live because of me. 58 The bread that comes down from heaven isn't like what your ancestors ate. They died, but whoever eats this bread will live forever.
59 Jesus was teaching in a synagogue in Capernaum when he said these things.
The Words of Eternal Life
60 Many of Jesus' disciples heard him and said, “This is too hard for anyone to understand.”
61 Jesus knew that his disciples were grumbling. So he asked, “Does this bother you? 62 What if you should see the Son of Man go up to heaven where he came from? 63 The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit. 64 But some of you refuse to have faith in me.” Jesus said this, because from the beginning he knew who would have faith in him. He also knew which one would betray him.
65 Then Jesus said, “You cannot come to me, unless the Father makes you want to come. That is why I have told these things to all of you.”
66 Because of what Jesus said, many of his disciples turned their backs on him and stopped following him. 67 Jesus then asked his twelve disciples if they also were going to leave him. 68 Simon Peter answered, “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life. 69 We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God's Holy One.”
70 Jesus told his disciples, “I chose all twelve of you, but one of you is a demon!” 71 Jesus was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. He would later betray Jesus, even though he was one of the twelve disciples.
Piecu tūkstošu paēdināšana
(Mt 14:13–21Mk 6:30–44Lk 9:10–17)1 Pēc tam Jēzus devās pāri Galilejas jeb Tibērijas jūrai. 2 Viņam sekoja liels ļaužu pūlis, jo tie redzēja zīmes, ko viņš darīja slimajiem. 3 Tad Jēzus uzkāpa kalnā un tur ar saviem mācekļiem apsēdās. 4 Pasha, jūdu svētki, bija tuvu. 5 Jēzus pacēla acis un, ieraudzījis, ka liels ļaužu pūlis nāk pie viņa, sacīja Filipam: “Kur lai pērkam maizi, ko tiem ēst?” 6 Viņš tā teica, to pārbaudīdams, jo pats gan zināja, ko darīs. 7 Filips viņam atbildēja: “Par divsimt denārijiem tiem maizes nepietiks, lai katrs kaut mazliet dabūtu.” 8 Viens no viņa mācekļiem, Andrejs, Sīmaņa Pētera brālis, viņam sacīja: 9 “Šeit ir kāds zēns, kuram ir piecas miežu maizes un divas zivis, bet kas gan tas ir – tik daudziem?” 10 Jēzus sacīja: “Lieciet ļaudīm apsēsties.” Tajā vietā bija daudz zāles; un tie apsēdās – skaitā ap pieci tūkstoši vīru. 11 Tad Jēzus paņēma maizes un, pateicies Dievam, izdalīja mācekļiem, bet mācekļi – tiem, kas bija apsēdušies. Tāpat arī no zivīm – cik kurš gribēja. 12 Kad tie bija papilnam paēduši, viņš sacīja saviem mācekļiem: “Salasiet pāri palikušo maizi, lai nekas nepazustu.” 13 Tie salasīja un piepildīja divpadsmit grozus ar maizes gabaliem, kas paēdušajiem bija palikušas pāri no piecām miežu maizēm. 14 Tad nu ļaudis, redzēdami šo zīmi, ko viņš darīja, sacīja: “Šis patiesi ir pravietis, kam jānāk pasaulē.” 15 Bet Jēzus, nomanīdams, ka tie grasās nākt un viņu satvert ar varu, lai celtu par ķēniņu, devās atkal viens pats uz kalnu.
Jēzus staigā pa jūras virsu
(Mt 14:22–27Mk 6:45–52)16 Kad iestājās vakars, viņa mācekļi nogāja pie jūras 17 un, iekāpuši laivā, devās pāri jūrai uz Kapernaumu. Bija jau kļuvis tumšs, bet Jēzus vēl nebija pie tiem atnācis. 18 Stipram vējam pūšot, jūrā sacēlās viļņi. 19 Aizīrušies divdesmit piecus vai trīsdesmit stadijus , mācekļi redzēja Jēzu pa jūras virsu staigājam un tuvojamies laivai, un viņi izbijās. 20 Bet viņš tiem teica: “Es tas esmu, nebīstieties!” 21 Tie gribēja viņu uzņemt laivā, un laiva jau tūdaļ bija pie krasta, kurp tie devās.
Dzīvības maize
22 Otrā dienā ļaužu pūlis, kas stāvēja viņpus jūras, redzēja, ka tajā vietā nevienas citas laivas nebija kā tikai viena un ka Jēzus nebija tajā iekāpis kopā ar mācekļiem, bet mācekļi bija devušies prom vieni paši. 23 Un no Tibērijas nāca citas laivas tuvu vietai, kur viņi bija ēduši maizi pēc tam, kad Kungs bija pateicies Dievam. 24 Kad nu ļaudis redzēja, ka ne Jēzus, ne viņa mācekļu tur nav, viņi iekāpa laivās un devās uz Kapernaumu, meklēdami Jēzu. 25 Atraduši viņu otrā krastā, tie jautāja: “Rabi, pa kuru laiku tu šeit atnāci?” 26 Jēzus tiem atbildēja un sacīja: “Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: ne tādēļ jūs meklējat mani, ka redzējāt zīmes, bet tādēļ, ka jūs esat no tām maizēm ēduši un paēduši. 27 Strādājiet nevis iznīkstošās barības dēļ, bet tās barības dēļ, kas paliek mūžīgajai dzīvībai, ko jums dos Cilvēka Dēls, jo viņu ir apzīmogojis Tēvs – Dievs.” 28 Tad tie viņam sacīja: “Ko lai mēs darām, lai strādātu Dieva darbus?” 29 Jēzus tiem atbildēja: “Dieva darbs ir tas, ka jūs ticat uz to, ko viņš ir sūtījis.” 30 Tad tie viņam sacīja: “Kādu tad tu rādi zīmi, lai mēs redzam un tev ticam? Kādu darbu tu dari? 31 Mūsu tēvi ir mannu ēduši tuksnesī, kā rakstīts: viņš tiem ir devis ēst maizi no debesīm. ” 32 Tad Jēzus tiem sacīja: “Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: nevis Mozus jums ir devis maizi no debesīm, bet mans Tēvs jums dod patieso debesu maizi, 33 jo Dieva maize ir tā, kas nāk no debesīm un dod pasaulei dzīvību.” 34 Tad tie sacīja viņam: “Kungs, dod mums vienmēr šo maizi!” 35 Jēzus tiem sacīja: “ES ESMU dzīvības maize. Kas nāk pie manis, tam nesalks, un, kas man tic, tam neslāps nemūžam. 36 Es jums sacīju, ka jūs gan esat mani redzējuši, tomēr neticat. 37 Visi, ko Tēvs man dod, nāk pie manis, un nevienu, kas pie manis nāk, es nekad nedzīšu prom, 38 jo es neesmu no debesīm nācis, lai darītu savu gribu, bet tā gribu, kas mani ir sūtījis. 39 Mana sūtītāja griba ir, lai neko no tā, ko viņš man ir devis, es nepazaudētu, bet augšāmceltu pastarā dienā. 40 Mana Tēva griba ir, lai ikvienam, kas skata Dēlu un tic viņam, būtu mūžīgā dzīvība, un es to augšāmcelšu pastarā dienā.” 41 Bet jūdi sāka kurnēt par viņu, jo viņš bija teicis: es esmu maize, kas nākusi no debesīm. 42 Un viņi sacīja: “Vai šis nav Jēzus, Jāzepa dēls, kura tēvu un māti mēs pazīstam? Kā tad viņš saka: es esmu nācis no debesīm?” 43 Jēzus viņiem atbildēja: “Nekurniet savā starpā! 44 Neviens nevar nākt pie manis, ja Tēvs, kas mani sūtījis, to nevelk, un es to augšāmcelšu pastarā dienā. 45 Praviešos ir rakstīts: un visi būs Dieva mācīti. – Ikviens, kas ir no Tēva dzirdējis un mācījies, nāk pie manis. 46 Ne tā, ka Tēvu kāds būtu redzējis. Vien tas, kas ir no Dieva, tas ir redzējis Tēvu. 47 Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: kas tic, tam ir mūžīgā dzīvība. 48 ES ESMU dzīvības maize. 49 Jūsu tēvi ir ēduši mannu tuksnesī un ir miruši. 50 Maize, kas nākusi no debesīm, ir tāda, ka tas, kas to ēd, nemirst. 51 Es esmu dzīvā maize, kas nākusi no debesīm. Kurš ēd no šīs maizes, tas dzīvos mūžīgi. Bet maize, ko es došu par pasaules dzīvību, ir mana miesa.” 52 Tad jūdi sāka savā starpā strīdēties: “Kā viņš var dot mums ēst savu miesu?” 53 Jēzus viņiem sacīja: “Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: ja jūs neēdat cilvēka Dēla miesu un nedzerat viņa asinis, jums nav dzīvības sevī. 54 Kas manu miesu ēd un manas asinis dzer, tam ir mūžīgā dzīvība, un es to augšāmcelšu pastarā dienā. 55 Jo mana miesa ir patiess ēdiens un manas asinis ir patiess dzēriens. 56 Kas manu miesu ēd un manas asinis dzer, paliek manī un es viņā. 57 Tāpat kā dzīvais Tēvs mani ir sūtījis un es dzīvoju caur Tēvu, arī tas, kas mani ēd, caur mani dzīvos. 58 Šī ir maize, kas nākusi no debesīm, nevis tāda, kādu ēduši jūsu tēvi un nomiruši. Kas ēd šo maizi, tas dzīvos mūžīgi.” 59 To viņš sacīja Kapernaumā, mācīdams sinagogā.
Mūžīgās dzīvības vārdi
60 Daudzi viņa mācekļi, to dzirdēdami, sacīja: “Šie vārdi ir pārāk smagi. Kas tajos var klausīties?” 61 Jēzus, zinādams, kādēļ viņa mācekļi kurn, sacīja viņiem: “Vai tas jums ir par apgrēcību? 62 Bet, ja jūs redzēsiet Cilvēka Dēlu uzkāpjam tur, kur viņš bija iepriekš, ko tad? 63 Gars dara dzīvu, miesa nelīdz nenieka. Vārdi, ko es jums runāju, ir Gars un dzīvība. 64 Bet ir kādi starp jums, kas netic.” Jēzus jau no iesākuma zināja, kuri ir tie, kas netic, un kurš ir tas, kas viņu nodos. 65 Viņš teica: “Tādēļ es esmu jums sacījis, ka neviens nevar nākt pie manis, ja tas viņam nav dots no Tēva.” 66 No tā brīža daudzi viņa mācekļi novērsās un vairs negāja ar viņu. 67 Tad Jēzus sacīja tiem divpadsmit: “Vai jūs arī gribat aiziet?” 68 Sīmanis Pēteris viņam atbildēja: “Kungs, pie kā mēs iesim? Tev ir mūžīgās dzīvības vārdi, 69 un mēs ticam un esam atzinuši, ka tu esi Dieva Svētais.” 70 Jēzus tiem atbildēja: “Vai es neesmu jūs divpadsmit izredzējis? Bet viens no jums ir velns.” 71 To viņš sacīja par Jūdu, Sīmaņa Iskariota dēlu, jo Jūda, viens no tiem divpadsmit būdams, bija tas, kurš viņu nodos.
