John 6:1-13

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

1 After this ¹Jesus went away to the other side of ²the Sea of Galilee, which is ³the Sea of Tiberias.

2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.

3 Jesus went up on ⁴the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.

4 Now ⁵the Passover, the ⁶feast of the Jews, was at hand.

5 ⁷Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to ⁸Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"

6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

7 ⁹Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii^[a] would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."

8 One of his disciples, ¹⁰Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

9 "There is a boy here who has five ¹¹barley loaves and two fish, but ¹²what are they for so many?"

10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." ¹³Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

11 Jesus then took the loaves, and ¹⁴when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.

12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost."

13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.

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