John 6:3-36

³And Jesus went upon a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

⁴And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

⁵When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come to him, he saith to Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?

⁶(And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.)

⁷Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them make take a little:

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith to him,

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

¹⁰And 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.

¹¹And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would.

¹²When they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain, that nothing may be lost.

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

¹⁴Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus performed, said, This is truly that prophet that should come into the world.

¹⁵When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again to a mountain himself alone.

¹⁶And when evening had now come, his disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷And entered into a boat, and went over the sea towards Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

¹⁸And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh to the boat: and they were afraid.

²⁰But he saith to them, It is I; be not afraid.

²¹Then they willingly received him into the boat: and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.

²²The day following, when the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save that one into which his disciples had entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples had gone away alone;

²³(Yet there came other boats from Tiberias nigh to the place where they ate bread, after the Lord had given thanks:)

²⁴When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

²⁵And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were satisfied.

²⁷Labor not for the food which perisheth, but for that food which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

²⁸Then said they to him, What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

³⁰They said therefore to him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

³¹Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

³²Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

³³For the bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.

³⁴Then said they to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

³⁵And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.

³⁶But I said to you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.