²³ Then some boats from Tiberias^(A) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.^{(B) 24} Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

Jesus the Bread of Life

²⁵ When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi,^(C) when did you get here?”

²⁶ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,^(D) not because you saw the signs^(E) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. ²⁷ Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures^(F) to eternal life,^(G) which the Son of Man^(H) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal^(I) of approval.”

²⁸ Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

²⁹ Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe^(J) in the one he has sent.”^(K)

³⁰ So they asked him, “What sign^(L) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?^(M) What will you do? ³¹ Our ancestors ate the manna^(N) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^[a]”^(O)

³² Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^(P) and gives life to the world.”

⁵¹ I am the living bread^(A) that came down from heaven.^(B) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(C)

³⁰ Put the bread of the Presence^(A) on this table to be before me at all times.