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John 6:18-32 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

18. Then the sea was stirred up by a great wind that was blowing.

19. And so, when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were afraid.

20. But he said to them: "It is I. Do not be afraid."

21. Therefore, they were willing to receive him into the boat. But immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

22. On the next day, the crowd which was standing across the sea saw that there were no other small boats in that place, except one, and that Jesus had not entered into the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had departed alone.

23. Yet truly, other boats came over from Tiberias, next to the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord gave thanks.

24. Therefore, when the crowd had seen that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they climbed into the small boats, and they went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

25. And when they had found him across the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

26. Jesus answered them and said: "Amen, amen, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen signs, but because you have eaten from the bread and were satisfied.

27. Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

28. Therefore, they said to him, "What should we do, so that we may labor in the works of God?"

29. Jesus responded and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent."

30. And so they said to him: "Then what sign will you do, so that we may see it and believe in you? What will you work?

31. Our fathers ate manna in the desert, just as it has been written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' "

32. Therefore, Jesus said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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