Study Desk

Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been sick for a very long time. So he asked him, "Do you want to be well?"

So some Jews said to the man who had been healed, "Today is the Sabbath. It is against our law for you to carry your mat on the Sabbath day."

Jesus was doing all this on the Sabbath day. So these Jews began trying to make him stop.

But he said to them, "My Father never stops working, and so I work too."

God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. Anyone who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. He is the one who sent the Son.

Life comes from the Father himself. So the Father has also allowed the Son to give life.

I don't need anyone to tell people about me, but I remind you of what John said so that you can be saved.

You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

But you don't believe what he wrote, so you can't believe what I say."

"Here is a boy with five loaves of barley bread and two little fish. But that is not enough for so many people."

So they gathered up the pieces that were left. The people had started eating with only five loaves of barley bread. But the followers filled twelve large baskets with the pieces of food that were left.

Jesus knew that the people planned to come get him and make him their king. So he left and went into the hills alone.

The people saw that Jesus and his followers were not there now. So they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to find Jesus.

But earthly food spoils and ruins. So don't work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good and gives you eternal life. The Son of Man will give you that food. He is the only one qualified by God the Father to give it to you."

So the people asked, "What miraculous sign will you do for us? If we can see you do a miracle, then we will believe you. What will you do?

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give my body so that the people in the world can have life."

"The Father sent me. He lives, and I live because of him. So everyone who eats me will live because of me.

Jesus already knew that his followers were complaining about this. So he said, "Is this teaching a problem for you?

It is the Spirit that gives life. The body is of no value for that. But the things I have told you are from the Spirit, so they give life.

So his brothers said to him, "You should leave here and go to the festival in Judea. Then your followers there can see the miracles you do.