John 6:5-7

Living Bible

^2-5 And a huge crowd, many of them pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem for the annual Passover celebration, were following him wherever he went, to watch him heal the sick. So when Jesus went up into the hills and sat down with his disciples around him, he soon saw a great multitude of people climbing the hill, looking for him.

Turning to Philip he asked, “Philip, where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” ⁶ (He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.)

⁷ Philip replied, “It would take a fortune^[a] to begin to do it!”