John 6:1–24

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. ¹⁴Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly ^jthe Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Christ Walks on the Water

Matt. 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–52

¹⁵Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him ^kking, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

^16lNow when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ¹⁸Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. ¹⁹So when they had rowed about ³three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were ^mafraid. ²⁰But He said to them, ⁿ“It is I; do not be afraid.” ²¹Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

“I Am the Bread of Life”

²²On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except ⁴that one ⁵which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone—²³however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks—²⁴when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, ^oseeking Jesus.