John 6:5-15

Goodspeed(i) 5 So Jesus, raising his eyes and seeing that a great crowd was coming up to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy food for these people to eat?" 6 Now he said this to test him, for he knew what he meant to do. 7 Philip answered, "Forty dollars' worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to have even a little." 8 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, another of his disciples, said to him, 9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what is that among so many people?" 10 Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass there, so the men threw themselves down, about five thousand of them. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were resting on the ground, and in the same way as much of the fish as they wanted. 12 When they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Pick up the pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted." 13 So they picked them up, and they filled twelve baskets with pieces of the five barley loaves that were left after the people had eaten. 14 When the people saw the signs that he showed, they said, "This is really the Prophet who was to come into the world!" 15 So Jesus, seeing that they meant to come and carry him off to make him king, retired again to the hill by himself.