John 6:5–14

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.”