John 6:1-9 ▼

1 After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias ).

2 A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

3 Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples.

4 Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.

5 So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat? ”

6 He asked this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

9 “There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many? ”