John 6:1–13

Christ Feeds 5,000

Matt. 14:13–21; Mark 6:31–44; Luke 9:11–17

6After ^athese things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of ^bTiberias. ²Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were ^cdiseased. ¹³And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

^4dNow the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. ^5eThen Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to ^fPhilip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” ⁶But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

⁷Philip answered Him, ^g“Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”

⁸One of His disciples, ^hAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, ⁹“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, ⁱbut what are they among so many?”

¹⁰Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them ²to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹²So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” ¹³Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.