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John 6:6-31

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6He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he meant to do.
7“Even if we spent a years' wages on bread,” answered Philip, “it would not be enough for each of them to have a little.”
8“There is a boy here,” said Andrew, another of his disciples, Simon Peter's brother,
9“Who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that for so many?”
10“Make the people sit down,” said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the people, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,
11and then Jesus took the loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, distributed them to those who were sitting down; and the same with the fish, giving the people as much as they wanted.
12When they were satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, “Collect the broken pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted.”
13The disciples did so, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left after all had eaten.
14When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said, “This is certainly the prophet who was to come into the world.”
15But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him king, went again up the hill, quite alone.
16When evening fell, his disciples went down to the sea,
17and, getting into a boat, began to cross to Capernaum. By this time darkness had set in, and Jesus had not yet come back to them;
18the sea, too, was getting rough, for a strong wind was blowing.
19When they had rowed three or four miles, they caught sight of him walking on the water and approaching the boat, and they were frightened.
20But Jesus said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid!”
21And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.
22The people who remained on the further side of the sea had seen that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.
23Some boats, however, had come from Tiberias, from near the spot where they had eaten the bread after the Master had said the thanksgiving.
24So, on the next day, when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples either, they themselves got into the boats, and went to Capernaum to look for him.
25And, when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, “When did you get here, Rabbi?”
26“In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “it is not because of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.
27Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for on him the Father — God himself — has set the seal of his approval.”
28“How,” they asked, “are we to do the work that God wants us to do?”
29“The work that God wants you to do,” answered Jesus, “is to believe in him whom God sent as his messenger.”
30“What sign, then,” they asked, “are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?
31Our ancestors had the manna to eat in the desert; as scripture says — ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

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