6Some time after this, Jesus crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. It is also called the Sea of Tiberias. ²A large crowd of people followed him. They had seen the miraculous signs he had done on those who were sick.

³Then Jesus went up on a mountainside. There he sat down with his disciples. ⁴The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

⁵Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him. So he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” ⁶He asked this only to put Philip to the test. He already knew what he was going to do.

⁷Philip answered him, “Eight months’ pay would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

⁸Another of his disciples spoke up. It was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁹He said, “Here is a boy with five small loaves of barley bread. He also has two small fish. But how far will that go in such a large crowd?”

¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down. The number of men among them was about 5,000.

¹¹Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks. He handed out the bread to those who were seated. He gave them as much as they wanted. And he did the same with the fish.

¹²When all of them had enough to eat, Jesus spoke to his disciples. “Gather the leftover pieces,” he said. “Don’t waste anything.”

¹³So they gathered what was left over from the five barley loaves. They filled 12 baskets with the pieces left by those who had eaten.

¹⁴The people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did. Then they began to say, “This must be the Prophet who is supposed to come into the world.” ¹⁵But Jesus knew that they planned to come and force him to be their king. So he went away again to a mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on the Water

¹⁶When evening came, Jesus’ disciples went down to the Sea of Galilee. ¹⁷There they got into a boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. By now it was dark. Jesus had not yet joined them.

¹⁸A strong wind was blowing, and the water became rough. ¹⁹They rowed three or three and a half miles. Then they saw Jesus coming toward the boat. He was walking on the water. They were terrified.

²⁰But he said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

²¹Then they agreed to take him into the boat. Right away the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

²²The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the lake realized something. They saw that only one boat had been there. They knew that Jesus had not gotten into it with his disciples. And they knew that the disciples had gone away alone.

²³Then some boats from Tiberias landed. It was near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord gave thanks. ²⁴The crowd realized that Jesus and his disciples were not there. So they got into boats and went to 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.