John 6:1-24 ▼

1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

2 And a great multitude followed him, because they had seen the signs which he did in the case of the sick.

3 And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his disciples.

4 And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

5 Then Jesus, lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?

6 But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do.

7 Philip answered him: Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, that each may take a little.

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

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

10 But Jesus said: Make die men recline. Now, there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, in number about five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks, distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who had reclined; and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they wished.

12 And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples: Gather up the broken pieces which remain, that nothing be lost.

13 Then they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the broken pieces of the five barley loaves, which remained after they had eaten.

14 Then the men, after having seen the sign which Jesus did, said: This is, in truth, the prophet that was to come into the world.

15 Therefore, Jesus perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew into the mountain himself alone.

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

17 and, having entered the ship, went across the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

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

19 Then, having rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and coming near the ship; and they were afraid.

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

21 Then they willingly received him into the ship; and immediately the ship was at the land to which they were going.

22 The next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, seeing that no other boat had been there but the one which his disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone;

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

24 when, therefore, the multitude saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they also entered the ships, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.