Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [258]} and the teachers of the law began to complain, “Look! This man (Jesus) welcomes bad people and even eats with them!”
John 6:41 - Easy To Read Version Some Jews began to complain about Jesus. They complained because Jesus said, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the Jews murmured and found fault with and grumbled about Jesus because He said, I am [Myself] the Bread that came down from heaven. American Standard Version (1901) The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven. Common English Bible The Jewish opposition grumbled about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: "I am the living bread, who descended from heaven." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven. |
Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [258]} and the teachers of the law began to complain, “Look! This man (Jesus) welcomes bad people and even eats with them!”
All the people saw this. They began to complain, “Look at the kind of man Jesus stays with. Zacchaeus is a sinner!”
But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [99]} and those men that taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to the followers of Jesus, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other bad people?”
The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites {\cf2\super [8]} to John. {\cf2\super [9]} The Jews sent them to ask, “Who are you?”
What is the bread of God? God’s bread is the One that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
I am not like the bread that our ancestors {\cf2\super [95]} ate \{in the desert\}. They ate that bread. But, \{like all people\}, they died. I am the bread that came down from heaven. The person that eats this bread will live forever.”
The followers of Jesus heard this. Many of the followers said, “This teaching is hard \{to accept\}. Who can accept this teaching?”
After Jesus said these things, many of his followers left him. They stopped following Jesus.
There was a large group of people there. Many of these people were talking secretly to each other about Jesus. Some people said, “He is a good man.” But other people said, “No, he fools the people.”
And don’t complain like some of those people did. Those people were killed by the angel that destroys.