John 6:1-15

Murdock(i) 1 After these things, Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee or of Tiberias. 2 And great multitudes went after him; because they had seen the signs which he wrought upon the sick. 3 And Jesus ascended a mountain, and there he seated himself with his disciples. 4 And the feast of the Jewish passover was near. 5 And Jesus raised his eyes, and saw a great multitude coming towards him; and he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said, to try him; for he knew what he was about to do. 7 Philip said to him: Two hundred denarii in bread would not suffice them, that each might take but a little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Cephas, said to him: 9 There is a lad here, who hath with him five cakes of barley, and two fishes; but what are these for all those people? 10 Jesus said to them: Make all the people recline. Now there was much grass in that place: and the people reclined, in number five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the bread, and blessed, and distributed to them that reclined. And so also, with the fish; as much as they desired. 12 And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments which remain, that nothing be lost. 13 And they collected and filled twelve baskets, with fragments of what remained to them that had eaten of the five barley cakes. 14 And those people, when they saw the sign which Jesus had wrought, said: Certainly, this is that prophet who was to come into the world. 15 And Jesus knew, that they were about to come and take him by force, and make him king: and he retired into a mountain alone.