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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
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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,
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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