John 6:1–24

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

6After this ^jJesus went away to the other side of ^kthe Sea of Galilee, which is ^lthe Sea of Tiberias. ²And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. ³Jesus went up on ^mthe mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. ⁴Now ⁿthe Passover, the ^ofeast of the Jews, was at hand. ^5pLifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to ^qPhilip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” ⁶He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. ^7rPhilip answered him, “Two hundred denarii¹ worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” ⁸One of his disciples, ^sAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ⁹“There is a boy here who has five ^tbarley loaves and two fish, but ^twhat are they for so many?” ¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” ^uNow there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. ¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, and ^vwhen he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹²And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” ¹³So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. ¹⁴When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, ^w“This is indeed ^xthe Prophet ^ywho is to come into the world!”

^15zPerceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus ^awithdrew again to ^bthe mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on Water

¹⁶When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹When they had rowed about three or four miles,² they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. ^20cBut he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” ²¹Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

I Am the Bread of Life

²²On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only ^done boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. ²³Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord ^ehad given thanks. ^24fSo when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and ^gwent to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.