John 6:1-15

21st Century King James Version

6 After these things Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee which is the Sea of Tiberias.

² And a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His miracles which He did on those who were diseased.

³ And Jesus went up onto a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

⁴ Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

⁵ And when Jesus lifted up His eyes and saw a great company coming unto Him, He said unto Philip, “Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”

⁶ And this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

⁷ Philip answered Him, “Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.”

⁸ One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said unto Him,

⁹ “There is a lad here who hath five barley loaves and two small fishes, but what are they among so many?”

¹⁰ And Jesus said, “Make the men sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they wanted.

¹² When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”

¹³ Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above, unto them that had eaten.

¹⁴ Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus had done, said, “This is in truth that Prophet who is coming into the world!”

¹⁵ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take Him by force to make Him a king, He departed again onto a mountain alone.