Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),
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and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.
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Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.
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The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
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When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,
“Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”
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He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
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Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
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Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up,
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“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”