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Jesus, Food that Does Not Perish

The next day, the people who had stayed across the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples; instead, the disciples had gone away alone.

Other boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where all these people had eaten the bread.

When they saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him:

“Rabbi, when did you come here?”

Jesus answered them and said:

“Truly, I say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the signs you have seen, but because you ate bread and were satisfied.

Work then, not for food that perishes, but for the food that lasts, which gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give it to you, for he is the one on whom the Father has placed his seal.”

Then the Jews asked him:

“What shall we do? What are the works that God wants us to do?”

Jesus answered them:

“The work God wants is this: that you believe in the One whom God has sent.”