John 6:1-24 ▼

1 After these things Jesus went beyond the Sea of Galilee, of Tiberias.

2 And a great multitude followed Him, because they saw the miracles He was doing in behalf of the sick.

3 And Jesus came into the mountain; and was sitting there with His disciples.

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

5 Therefore Jesus lifting up His eyes, and seeing that a great multitude is coming to Him, He says to Philip, Whence can we purchase bread, that these may eat?

6 He spoke this testing him; for He knew what He was about to do.

7 Philip responded to Him, The loaves of two hundred denaria are not sufficient for these, that each one may receive a little.

8 And one of His disciples, Andrew, the brother of Peter, says to Him,

9 There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fishes: but what are these among so many?

10 And Jesus said, Make the people sit down. And there was much grass in the place. However the men sat down in number about five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the bread; and gave thanks, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples to the people sitting down; and likewise also of the fishes so much as they wished.

12 And when they were filled, He says to His disciples, Gather up the remaining fragments, that nothing may be lost.

13 Then they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets from the live barley loaves, which remained to those having eaten.

14 Then the people, seeing the miracle which Jesus did, were saying, that, This is truly the prophet who is coming into the world.

15 And Jesus knowing that they are about to come and take Him, that they may make Him king, departs again into the mountain Himself alone.

16 And when it was evening, His disciples went down to the sea;

17 and embarking in the ship, they were going to the other side of the sea into Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them;

18 and the sea wrought, a great wind blowing.

19 Then having gone about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and being near the ship; and were terrified.

20 And He says to them, I am here; fear not.

21 Then they wished to receive Him into the ship, and immediately the ship was at the land to which they were going.

22 On the following day the multitude standing beyond the sea saw that there was no other ship there, except one, and that Jesus did not go along with His disciples into the ship, but His disciples went away alone

23 (other ships came from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread, the Lord having given thanks).

24 And when the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they went into ships, and came into Capernaum, seeking Jesus.