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

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

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

“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.

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After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick. And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy [a]bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred [b]shillings’ worth of [c]bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many? 10 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. 11 Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would. 12 And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost. 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten. 14 When therefore the people saw the [d]sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

15 Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:5 Greek loaves.
  2. John 6:7 The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about eight pence halfpenny, or nearly seventeen cents.
  3. John 6:7 Greek loaves.
  4. John 6:14 Some ancient authorities read signs.