Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

1 ^rAfter this Jesus went away to the other side of the ^sSea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw ^tthe signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 ^uNow the Passover, ^vthe feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, ^w“Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, ^x“Two hundred ^ydenarii¹ worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had ^zeaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, ^a“This is indeed ^bthe Prophet who is to come into the world!”

15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not ⁱbecause you saw signs, but ^jbecause you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his ^kseal.” 28 Then they said to him, ^l“What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, ^m“This is the work of God, ⁿthat you ^obelieve in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then ^pwhat sign do you do, that we may ^qsee and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the ^rmanna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^s‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the ^ttrue bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who ^ucomes down from heaven and ^vgives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, ^wgive us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, ^x“I am the bread of life; whoever ^ycomes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me ^zshall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father ^agives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, ^bnot to do my own will but ^cthe will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, ^dthat I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that ^eeveryone who looks on the Son and ^fbelieves in him should have eternal life, and I will ^graise him up on the last day.”