John 6:15-24

15The people wanted to take hold of Jesus so that they could make him their king. But Jesus knew that they wanted to do this. So he went away to the hills again by himself.

16When it was evening, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake.

17They got into a boat and they started to sail towards Capernaum. It had become dark and Jesus still had not come to them.

18A very strong wind was blowing and the waves became dangerous.

19The disciples were trying to move the boat through the water. When they had gone about six kilometres they saw Jesus. He was walking on the water and coming near to the boat. They were very afraid.

20But Jesus said to them, ‘It is I. Do not be afraid.’

21So the disciples were happy to let Jesus get into the boat. Immediately, the boat came to the shore where they wanted to be.

22The crowd of people had stayed on the other side of the lake. The next day, they saw that the only boat had gone. They knew that Jesus' disciples had taken it. They also knew that Jesus had not gone with his disciples.

23Other boats from Tiberias then arrived near to the place where all the people were. They had eaten the bread there after the Lord Jesus had thanked God for it.

24The crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were still there. So they got into the boats and they went to Capernaum. They went there to look for Jesus.