John 6:8-34

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?

¹⁰Jesus said, Make the men lie down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed to those that were lying down; in like manner also of the fishes, as much as they desired.

¹²And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, that nothing may be lost.

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

¹⁴The men therefore seeing the sign which he wrought, said, This is truly the prophet that was to come into the world.

¹⁵Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, withdrew again to the mountain alone.

¹⁶But when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

¹⁷and having gone on board a boat, were going over the lake to Capernaum. And darkness had overtaken them, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

¹⁸And as a strong wind was blowing, the waves ran high.

¹⁹When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the lake, and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid.

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

²¹Then they were willing to receive him into the boat; and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.

²²The day following, the multitude which stood on the other side of the lake having seen that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus did not go with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone,

²³(but there came other boats from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread, when the Lord had given thanks;)

²⁴when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there nor his disciples, they went on board the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵And having found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, Rabbi, when didst thou come hither?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly do I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.

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

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

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

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

³²Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Moses hath not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

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

³⁴They said therefore to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.