John 6:6-34

⁶And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him:

⁹There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among so many?

¹⁰Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would.

¹²And when they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost.

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

¹⁴Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet, that is to come into the world.

¹⁵Jesus therefore, when he knew that they would come to take him by force, and make him king, fled again into the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶And when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea.

¹⁷And when they had gone up into a ship, they went over the sea to Capharnaum; and it was now dark, and Jesus was not come unto them.

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

¹⁹When they had rowed therefore about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the ship, and they were afraid.

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

²¹They were willing therefore to take him into the ship; and presently the ship was at the land to which they were going.

²²The next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, saw that there was no other ship there but one, and that Jesus had not entered into the ship with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away alone.

²³But other ships came in from Tiberias; nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks.

²⁴When therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they took shipping, and came to Capharnaum, 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: Amen, amen I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.

²⁸They said therefore unto 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 you believe in him whom he hath sent.

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

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

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

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

³⁴They said therefore unto him: Lord, give us always this bread.