John 6:1–24

Five Thousand Fed

¹After these things ^aJesus went away to the other side of ^bthe Sea of Galilee (or ^cTiberias).

²A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the ^1asigns which He was performing on those who were sick.

³Then ^aJesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.

⁴Now ^athe Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

⁵Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, said to ^aPhilip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?”

⁶This He was saying to ^atest him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

^7aPhilip answered Him, “^bTwo hundred ¹denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.”

⁸One of His ^adisciples, ^bAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

⁹“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two ^afish, but what are these for so many people?”

¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people ¹sit down.” Now there was ^amuch grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about ^bfive thousand.

¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, and ^ahaving given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the ^bfish as much as they wanted.

¹²When they were filled, He said to His ^adisciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost.”

¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve ^abaskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴Therefore when the people saw the ¹sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the ^aProphet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

¹⁵So Jesus, perceiving that they were ¹intending to come and take Him by force ^ato make Him king, ^bwithdrew again to ^cthe mountain by Himself alone.

¹⁶Now when evening came, His ^adisciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea ^ato Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

¹⁸The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

¹⁹Then, when they had rowed about ¹three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

²⁰But He said to them, “It is I; ^1ado not be afraid.”

²¹So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

²²The next day ^athe crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus ^bhad not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

²³There came other small boats from ^aTiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ^bLord ^chad given thanks.

²⁴So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and ^acame to Capernaum seeking Jesus.