John 6:5-13 So Jesus, looking up and seeing a large crowd coming to Him, said to Philip : Note: He was one of the apostles, whose home town was at nearby Bethsaida. See, “Where are we going to buy enough bread, so that this crowd can eat?”

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ So Jesus, looking up and seeing a large crowd coming to Him, said to Philip [Note: He was one of the apostles, whose home town was at nearby Bethsaida. See 1:44], “Where are we going to buy [enough] bread, so that this crowd can eat?” ⁶ Now He said this to test Philip, for He [already] knew what He was going to do. ⁷ Philip answered Him, “Not even two hundred coins’ worth of bread would be enough to feed them if everyone ate only a little bit.” [Note: The amount here indicated was two hundred days of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $14,000 in 1994]. ⁸ [Then] one of His disciples, named Andrew, [who was] Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, ⁹ “There is a little boy here who has five [small] loaves of barley bread and two [probably smoked] fish. But what is this amount for [feeding] so many people?” ¹⁰ Jesus answered, “Have these people recline [on the ground].” Now there was a lot of grass in that place. So, the men, numbering about five thousand, reclined [on the grass]. ¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves of bread, and [after] giving thanks [to God], He distributed [pieces] to those who were reclining. He did the same thing with the fish, [giving them] as much as they wanted. ¹² And when the people were [all] full, Jesus said to His disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted.” ¹³ So, they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces left over from the five loaves of barley bread which they had eaten.