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John 5:25 | 987 987 | John 6:21 crossed over from death to life. 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is com ing and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Fa ther has life in him self, so he has grant ed the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has giv en him au thori ty to judge be cause he is the Son of Man. 28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is com ing when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out — those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be con demned. 30 By my self I can do noth ing; I judge only as I hear, and my judg ment is just, for I seek not to please my self but him who sent me. Testimonies About Jesus 31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies in my fa vor, and I know that his tes ti mo ny about me is true. 33 “You have sent to John and he has tes ti fied to the truth. 34 Not that I ac cept hu man tes ti mo ny; but I men tion it that you may be saved. 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to en joy his light. 36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Fa ther has given me to finish — ​the very works that I am do ing — ​tes ti fy that the Fa ther has sent me. 37 And the Fa ther who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have nev er heard his voice nor seen his form, 38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not be lieve the one he sent. 39 You study a the Scrip tures dil i gent ly be cause you think that in them you have eter nal life. These are the very Scrip tures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life. 41 “I do not ac cept glo ry from hu man beings, 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Fa ther’s name, and you do not ac cept me; but if some one else comes in his own name, you will ac cept him. 44 How can you be lieve since you ac cept glo ry from one an oth er but do not seek the glo ry that comes from the only God b ? 45 “But do not think I will ac cuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. 46 If you believed Mo ses, you would be lieve me, for he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not be lieve what he wrote, how are you go ing to be lieve what I say?” Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Some time af ter this, Jesus crossed to 6 the far shore of the Sea of Gal i lee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of peo ple fol lowed him be cause they saw the signs he had per formed by heal ing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a moun tainside and sat down with his dis ci ples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near. 5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd com ing to ward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these peo ple to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he al ready had in mind what he was go ing to do. 7 Phil ip an swered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wag es c to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” 8 An oth er of his dis ci ples, An drew, Simon Pe ter’s broth er, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small bar ley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the peo ple sit down.” There was plen ty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thou sand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and dis trib ut ed to those who were seat ed as much as they want ed. He did the same with the fish. 12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his dis ci ples, “Gath er the piec es that are left over. Let noth ing be wast ed.” 13 So they gath ered them and filled twelve bas kets with the piec es of the five bar ley loaves left over by those who had eat en. 14 Af ter the peo ple saw the sign Jesus per formed, they be gan to say, “Sure ly this is the Proph et who is to come into the world.” 15 Jesus, know ing that they in tended to come and make him king by force, with drew again to a moun tain by him self. Jesus Walks on the Water 16 When eve ning came, his dis ci ples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Caper na um. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blow ing and the wa ters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, d they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walk ing on the wa ter; and they were fright ened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were will ing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading. a 39 Or 39 b c Study 44 Some early manuscripts the Only One 7 Greek take two hundred d denarii 19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers