¹Jesus later crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or the Sea of Tiberias). ²A large crowd followed him because they saw the miracles that he performed for the sick. ³Jesus went up a mountain and sat with his disciples. ⁴The time for the Jewish Passover festival was near.

⁵As Jesus saw a large crowd coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” ⁶Jesus asked this question to test him. He already knew what he was going to do.

⁷Philip answered, “We would need about a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each of them to have a piece.”

⁸One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s brother, told him, ⁹“A boy who has five loaves of barley bread and two small fish is here. But they won’t go very far for so many people.”

¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

The people had plenty of grass to sit on. (There were about 5,000 men in the crowd.)

¹¹Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to the people who were sitting there. He did the same thing with the fish. All the people ate as much as they wanted.

¹²When the people were full, Jesus told his disciples, “Gather the leftover pieces so that nothing will be wasted.” ¹³The disciples gathered the leftover pieces of bread and filled twelve baskets.

¹⁴When the people saw the miracle Jesus performed, they said, “This man is certainly the prophet who is to come into the world.” ¹⁵Jesus realized that the people intended to take him by force and make him king. So he returned to the mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on the Sea—Matthew 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–52

¹⁶When evening came, his disciples went to the sea. ¹⁷They got into a boat and started to cross the sea to the city of Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸A strong wind started to blow and stir up the sea.

¹⁹After they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they became terrified.

²⁰Jesus told them, “It’s me. Don’t be afraid!”

²¹So they were willing to help Jesus into the boat. Immediately, the boat reached the shore where they were going.

Jesus Is the Bread of Life

²²On the next day the people were still on the other side of the sea. They noticed that only one boat was there and that Jesus had not stepped into that boat with his disciples. The disciples had gone away without him. ²³Other boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord gave thanks. ²⁴When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to the city of Capernaum to look for Jesus.

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John 6:11: 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.