John 6:1-14

1After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

2A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

3Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples.

4Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.

5So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat?”

6He asked this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

7Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

9“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish — but what are they for so many?”

10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand.

11Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks he distributed them to those who were seated — so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

12When they were full, he told his disciples, “Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.”

13So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

14When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This truly is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”