John 6:1-14

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

6¹ After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, [or] of Tiberias, ² and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick. ³ And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there sat with his disciples: ⁴ but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. ⁵ Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat? ⁶ But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do. ⁷ Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion]. ⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, says to him, ⁹ There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many? ¹⁰ [And] Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed [them] to those that were set down; and in like manner of the small fishes as much as they would. ¹² And when they had been filled, he says to his disciples, Gather together the fragments which are over and above, that nothing may be lost. ¹³ They gathered [them] therefore together, and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those that had eaten. ¹⁴ The men therefore, having seen the sign which Jesus had done, said, This is truly the prophet which is coming into the world.