The Feeding of the Five Thousand

The Feeding of the Five Thousand. John 6:1-15

 ¹ After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the 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 the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.

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

 ⁵ Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "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 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."

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

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

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

 ¹¹ Jesus then took the loaves, and when 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.

 ¹⁴ When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

 ¹⁵ Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.