John 6:1-15

1After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).

2A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

3So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

4(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)

5Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

6(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)

7Philip replied, “Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

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

9“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”

10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

11Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.

12When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.”

13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.

14Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

15Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.