WEBVTT 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.240 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:12.039 of John, Chapter 6, and the Gospel of Matthew, 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:18.239 Chapter 14. John, Chapter 6. After these things, 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:21.519 Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:24.480 the Sea of Tiberias. Then a great multitude followed 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.980 him, because they saw his signs which he performed 00:00:26.980 --> 00:00:30.030 on those who were diseased. And Jesus went up 00:00:30.030 --> 00:00:32.789 on the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 00:00:33.090 --> 00:00:36.170 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 00:00:36.450 --> 00:00:39.250 Then Jesus lifted up his eyes, and seeing a great 00:00:39.250 --> 00:00:42.009 multitude coming toward him, he said to Philip, 00:00:42.189 --> 00:00:45.009 Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 00:00:45.509 --> 00:00:48.369 But this he said to test him, for he himself 00:00:48.369 --> 00:00:51.689 knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two 00:00:51.689 --> 00:00:54.109 hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient 00:00:54.109 --> 00:00:57.509 for them, that every one of them may have a little. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:00.939 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:04.500 said to him, There is a lad here who has five 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:07.599 barley loaves and two small fish, but what are 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.000 they among so many? Then Jesus said, Make the 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.620 people sit down. Now there was much grass in 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:16.480 the place, so the men sat down in number about 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:19.400 five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:21.620 when he had given thanks, he distributed them 00:01:21.620 --> 00:01:24.599 to the disciples, and the disciples to those 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:27.659 sitting down. and likewise of the fish, as much 00:01:27.659 --> 00:01:30.299 as they wanted. So when they were filled, he 00:01:30.299 --> 00:01:32.799 said to his disciples, Gather up the fragments 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.140 that remain, so that nothing is lost. Therefore 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:38.739 they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets 00:01:38.739 --> 00:01:41.040 with the fragments of the five barley loaves, 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:43.560 which were left over by those who had eaten. 00:01:43.900 --> 00:01:47.340 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:50.859 Jesus did, said, This is truly the prophet who 00:01:50.859 --> 00:01:53.829 is to come into the world. Therefore, when Jesus 00:01:53.829 --> 00:01:56.549 perceived that they were about to come and take 00:01:56.549 --> 00:01:59.590 him by force to make him king, he departed again 00:01:59.590 --> 00:02:03.590 to the mountain by himself alone. Now when evening 00:02:03.590 --> 00:02:06.629 came, his disciples went down to the sea, got 00:02:06.629 --> 00:02:10.069 into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum, 00:02:10.090 --> 00:02:13.669 and it was already dark. And Jesus had not come 00:02:13.669 --> 00:02:16.389 to them. Then the sea arose, because a great 00:02:16.389 --> 00:02:19.069 wind was blowing. So when they had rowed about 00:02:19.069 --> 00:02:22.069 three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on 00:02:22.069 --> 00:02:24.830 the sea and drawing near the boat, and they were 00:02:24.830 --> 00:02:28.270 afraid. But he said to them, It is I, do not 00:02:28.270 --> 00:02:31.090 be afraid. Then they willingly received him into 00:02:31.090 --> 00:02:33.270 the boat, and immediately the boat was at the 00:02:33.270 --> 00:02:35.990 land where they were going. On the following 00:02:35.990 --> 00:02:38.270 day, when the people, who were standing on the 00:02:38.270 --> 00:02:40.509 other side of the sea, saw that there was no 00:02:40.509 --> 00:02:43.780 other boat there, except that one which his disciples 00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:46.659 had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the 00:02:46.659 --> 00:02:49.120 boat with his disciples, but his disciples had 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:52.620 gone away alone. However, other boats came from 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:55.259 Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:58.020 after the Lord had given thanks. When the people 00:02:58.020 --> 00:03:01.199 therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor his 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.199 disciples, they also got into boats and came 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.280 to Capernaum seeking Jesus. And when they found 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.439 him on the other side of the sea, they said to 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.479 him, Rabbi, when did you come here? Jesus answered 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:15.379 them and said, Most assuredly I say to you, you 00:03:15.379 --> 00:03:18.319 seek me not because you saw the signs, but because 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.139 you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not 00:03:21.139 --> 00:03:23.680 labor for the food which perishes, but for the 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.560 food which endures to everlasting life, which 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:29.020 the Son of Man will give you, because God the 00:03:29.020 --> 00:03:32.199 Father has set his seal on him. Then they said 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:35.240 to him, What shall we do that we may work the 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:37.919 works of God? Jesus answered and said to them, 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.699 This is the work of God, that you believe in 00:03:40.699 --> 00:03:43.979 him. whom he sent. Therefore they said to him, 00:03:44.099 --> 00:03:46.520 What sign will you perform then, that we may 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:48.979 see it and believe you? What work will you do? 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.919 Our fathers ate the men in the desert, as it 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.500 is written, He gave them bread from heaven to 00:03:54.500 --> 00:03:57.479 eat. Then Jesus said to them, Most assuredly 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.120 I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.780 from heaven, but my Father gives you the true 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:05.479 bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:08.280 who comes down from heaven and gives life to 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:11.069 the world. Then they said to him, Lord, give 00:04:11.069 --> 00:04:13.750 us this bread always. And Jesus said to them, 00:04:13.830 --> 00:04:16.829 I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall 00:04:16.829 --> 00:04:19.370 never hunger, and he who believes in me shall 00:04:19.370 --> 00:04:22.269 never thirst. But I said to you that you have 00:04:22.269 --> 00:04:25.529 seen me and yet do not believe. All that the 00:04:25.529 --> 00:04:28.350 Father gives me will come to me, and the one 00:04:28.350 --> 00:04:31.629 who comes to me I will by no means cast out. 00:04:32.189 --> 00:04:34.730 For I have come down from heaven not to do my 00:04:34.730 --> 00:04:37.850 own will, but the will of him who sent me. This 00:04:37.850 --> 00:04:40.290 is the will of the Father who sent me, that of 00:04:40.290 --> 00:04:43.589 all he has given me I should lose nothing, but 00:04:43.589 --> 00:04:46.670 should raise it up at the last day. And this 00:04:46.670 --> 00:04:49.470 is the will of him who sent me, that everyone 00:04:49.470 --> 00:04:52.709 who sees the Son and believes in him may have 00:04:52.709 --> 00:04:55.870 everlasting life. And I will raise him up at 00:04:55.870 --> 00:04:59.029 the last day. The Jews then complained about 00:04:59.029 --> 00:05:02.050 him, because he said, I am the bread which came 00:05:02.050 --> 00:05:04.730 down from heaven. And they said, Is not this 00:05:04.730 --> 00:05:07.569 Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother 00:05:07.569 --> 00:05:11.209 we know? How is it then that he says, I have 00:05:11.209 --> 00:05:13.990 come down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered 00:05:13.990 --> 00:05:16.329 and said to them, Do not murmur among yourselves. 00:05:16.730 --> 00:05:19.509 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent 00:05:19.509 --> 00:05:22.649 me draws him, and I will raise him up at the 00:05:22.649 --> 00:05:25.740 last day. it is written in the prophets and they 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:29.180 shall all be taught by god therefore everyone 00:05:29.180 --> 00:05:32.339 who has heard and learned from the father comes 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:35.319 to me not that anyone has seen the father except 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:39.199 he who is from god he has seen the father most 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:41.800 assuredly i say to you he who believes in me 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:45.480 has everlasting life i am the bread of life your 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:47.920 fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and are 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.660 dead this is the bread which comes down from 00:05:50.660 --> 00:05:54.180 heaven that one may eat of it and not die. I 00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:56.680 am the living bread which came down from heaven. 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.980 If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.860 And the bread that I shall give is my flesh, 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:05.699 which I shall give for the life of the world. 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.100 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:11.339 saying, How can this man give us his flesh to 00:06:11.339 --> 00:06:14.459 eat? Then Jesus said to them, Most assuredly 00:06:14.459 --> 00:06:17.120 I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.019 Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life 00:06:20.019 --> 00:06:23.079 in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.459 has eternal life, and I will raise him up at 00:06:26.459 --> 00:06:29.819 the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and 00:06:29.819 --> 00:06:32.959 my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:35.519 and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him. 00:06:35.779 --> 00:06:38.920 As the living Father sent me, and I live because 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:43.319 of the Father, so he who feeds on me will live 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.560 because of me. This is the bread which came down 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.279 from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.699 and are dead. He who eats this bread will live 00:06:52.699 --> 00:06:55.560 forever. These things he said in the synagogue 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.740 as he taught in Capernaum. Therefore many of 00:06:58.740 --> 00:07:01.560 his disciples, when they heard this, said, This 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:04.899 is a hard saying. Who can understand it? When 00:07:04.899 --> 00:07:07.459 Jesus knew in himself that his disciples complained 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:10.100 about this, he said to them, Does this offend 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:13.240 you? What then, if you should see the Son of 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:17.319 Man ascend where he was before? It is the Spirit 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:20.779 who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The 00:07:20.779 --> 00:07:23.079 words that I speak to you are spirit and they 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:26.100 are life. But there are some of you who do not 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:29.000 believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.759 they were who did not believe and who would betray 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:34.839 him. And he said, Therefore I have said to you 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.759 that no one can come to me unless it has been 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:41.500 granted to him by my Father. From that time many 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:44.399 of his disciples went back and walked with him 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.800 no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, Do you 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:50.759 also want to go away? But Simon Peter answered 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.860 him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:57.399 words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:00.079 and know that you are the Christ, the Son of 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.240 the living God. Jesus answered them, Did I not 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.240 choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil? 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:10.000 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.240 for it was he who would betray him, being one 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:21.540 of the twelve. At that time, Herod the Tetrarch 00:08:21.540 --> 00:08:23.980 heard the report about Jesus and said to his 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:27.079 servants, This is John the Baptist. He is risen 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:29.399 from the dead, and therefore these powers are 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:32.480 at work in him. For Herod had laid hold of John 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:35.059 and bound him and put him in prison for the sake 00:08:35.059 --> 00:08:38.100 of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:40.600 John had said to him, It is not lawful for you 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:43.340 to have her. And although he wanted to put him 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:46.000 to death, he feared the multitude because they 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:49.159 counted him as a prophet. But when Herod's birthday 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:52.299 was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced 00:08:52.299 --> 00:08:56.019 before them and pleased Herod. Therefore he promised 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:58.419 with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:02.200 So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:05.360 Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter. 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:08.200 And the king was sorry. Nevertheless, because 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:11.259 of the oath and because of those who sat with 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:14.700 him, he commanded it to be given to her. So he 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:17.870 sent and had John beheaded in prison. And his 00:09:17.870 --> 00:09:20.590 head was brought on a platter and given to the 00:09:20.590 --> 00:09:23.230 girl, and she brought it to her mother. Then 00:09:23.230 --> 00:09:25.809 his disciples came and took away the body and 00:09:25.809 --> 00:09:28.889 buried it, and went and told Jesus. When Jesus 00:09:28.889 --> 00:09:31.750 heard it, he departed from there by boat to a 00:09:31.750 --> 00:09:34.649 deserted place by himself. But when the multitudes 00:09:34.649 --> 00:09:37.289 heard it, they followed him on foot from the 00:09:37.289 --> 00:09:40.049 cities. And when Jesus went out, he saw a great 00:09:40.049 --> 00:09:42.730 multitude, and he was moved with compassion for 00:09:42.730 --> 00:09:45.799 them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, 00:09:45.899 --> 00:09:48.679 his disciples came to him, saying, This is a 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:51.299 deserted place, and the hour is already late. 00:09:51.659 --> 00:09:54.100 Send the multitudes away, that they may go into 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:57.159 the villages and buy themselves food. But Jesus 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:00.159 said to them, They do not need to go away. You 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:02.700 give them something to eat. And they said to 00:10:02.700 --> 00:10:05.740 him, We have only five loaves and two fish. He 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:08.440 said, Bring them here to me. Then he commanded 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:11.120 the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.789 he took the five loaves and the two fish. And 00:10:13.789 --> 00:10:16.570 looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke and 00:10:16.570 --> 00:10:19.210 gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples 00:10:19.210 --> 00:10:22.250 gave to the multitudes. So they all ate and were 00:10:22.250 --> 00:10:24.710 filled, and they took up twelve baskets full 00:10:24.710 --> 00:10:27.750 of the fragments that remained. Now those who 00:10:27.750 --> 00:10:30.429 had eaten were about five thousand men, besides 00:10:30.429 --> 00:10:33.850 women and children. Immediately Jesus made his 00:10:33.850 --> 00:10:36.950 disciples get into the boat and go before him 00:10:36.950 --> 00:10:39.350 to the other side, while he sent the multitudes 00:10:39.350 --> 00:10:41.960 away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.519 he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:48.039 Now when evening came, he was alone there. But 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.600 the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:53.740 by the waves, for the wind was contrary. Now 00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:55.919 in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:58.779 to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples 00:10:58.779 --> 00:11:01.259 saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.759 saying, It is a ghost. And they cried out for 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.759 fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.860 Be of good cheer. It is I, do not be afraid. 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.000 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:15.860 is you, command me to come to you on the water. 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:19.500 So he said, Come. And when Peter had come down 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:22.159 out of the boat, he walked on the water to go 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:25.639 to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:28.440 he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.940 out, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:34.500 stretched out his hand and caught him and said 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:37.700 to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? 00:11:38.269 --> 00:11:40.929 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 00:11:41.409 --> 00:11:44.070 Then those who were in the boat came and worshipped 00:11:44.070 --> 00:11:47.169 him, saying, Truly, you are the Son of God. When 00:11:47.169 --> 00:11:49.529 they had crossed over, they came to the land 00:11:49.529 --> 00:11:52.669 of Gennesaret. And when the men of that place 00:11:52.669 --> 00:11:55.570 recognized him, they sent out into all the surrounding 00:11:55.570 --> 00:11:58.830 region, brought to him all who were sick, and 00:11:58.830 --> 00:12:01.309 begged him that they might only touch the hem 00:12:01.309 --> 00:12:04.149 of his garment. And as many as touched it were 00:12:04.149 --> 00:12:12.240 made perfectly well. I hope you enjoyed today's 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.559 reading as much as I did and I look forward to 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.480 seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:18.600 journey. God bless you and have a great day.