Jesus Preaching at Capernaum
So, on the next day, when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples either, they themselves got into the boats, and went to Capernaum to look for him. And, when they found him on the other side of the Sea, they said:
“When did you get here, Rabbi?”
“In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “it is not on account of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied. Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father—God himself—has set the seal of his approval.”
“How,” they asked, “are we to do the work that God would have us do?”
“The work that God would have you do,” answered Jesus, “is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger.”
“What sign, then,” they asked, “are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing? Our ancestors had the manna to eat in the Wilderness; as Scripture says—
‘He gave them bread from Heaven to eat.'”
“In truth I tell you,” replied Jesus, “Moses did not give you the Bread from Heaven, but my Father does give you the true Bread from Heaven; for the Bread that God gives is that which comes down from Heaven, and gives Life to the world.”
“Master,” they exclaimed, “give us that Bread always!”
“I am the Life-giving Bread,” Jesus said to them; “he that comes to me shall never he hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again. But, as I have said already, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe in me. All those whom the Father gives me will come to me; and no one who comes to me will I ever turn away. For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and his will is this—that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day. For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day.”
—John.