[6:1] After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
[6:2] And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.
[6:3] Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.
[6:4] Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
[6:5] Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?”
[6:6] He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
[6:7] Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.”
[6:8] One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,
[6:9] “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?”
[6:10] Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
[6:11] Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.
[6:12] And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”
[6:13] So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.
[6:14] When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
[6:15] Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.