John 6:7-21

⁷Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t even be enough for everyone to receive a little!”

⁸One of Jesus’ 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 is that among so many people?”

¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass there, so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down. He did likewise with the fish, as much as they wanted.

¹²When they were filled, He told His disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces, so that nothing may be wasted.”

¹³Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴When the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

¹⁵When Jesus perceived that they meant to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.

¹⁶When evening came, Jesus’ disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

¹⁸The sea arose because a great wind was blowing.

¹⁹When they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat. They were terrified,

²⁰but He told them, “It’s me. Don’t be afraid.”

²¹Then they willingly took Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.