John 6:19–27

¹⁹When therefore 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.↗

²⁰But he said to them,“It is I. Don’t be afraid.”↗

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.↗

²²On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.↗

²³However, boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.↗

²⁴When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.↗

²⁵When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”↗

²⁶Jesus answered them,“Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.↗

²⁷Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”↗