John 6:13-26

¹³So we gathered up the pieces of the small loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. We filled twelve baskets with those pieces!

¹⁴After the people saw that miracle that Jesus had performed, many of them started to say, “Surely this is the prophet like Moses that God promised to send to the world!”

¹⁵So, because Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him to make him their king, he left them again and went up into the hills by himself.

¹⁶When it was evening, we disciples went down to Galilee Lake.

¹⁷When it became dark and Jesus had still not joined us, we got into a boat and went across the lake towards Capernaum city.

¹⁸A strong wind started to blow and caused the water ◄to become very rough/to have high waves►.

¹⁹After we had rowed ◄three or four miles/five or six kilometers►, we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified!

²⁰But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!”

²¹We were glad to take him into the boat. As soon as we did that, the boat reached the shore where we were going!

²²The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake were perplexed about how Jesus had left that area. They knew that there had been only one boat there the previous day. They knew that we had gone away in it by ourselves. They knew that Jesus had not gone with us.

²³Then some men came from Tiberias city in boats. They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias. They arrived near the place where the people had eaten the food after Jesus had given thanks and caused it to multiply.

²⁴When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor we disciples were there, some of them got into those boats and they sailed to Capernaum to find Jesus.

²⁵When they found him in Capernaum further around the lake, they asked him, “Teacher, since you(sg) did not come in a boat, when and how did you get here?”

²⁶Jesus replied to them, “Listen to this carefully: Do you know why you are looking for me? It is not because you saw me perform miracles and as a result have realized who I really am. No! You are looking for me only because you had plenty of bread to eat after I provided it for you by performing a miracle.