The Feeding of the Five Thousand

6 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias). 2 A large crowd was following him because they saw the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick. 3 So Jesus went up on the mountain and sat there with his disciples. 4 (Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.) 5 When Jesus lifted up his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread so that these people may eat?” 6 (He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was about to do.) 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be sufficient for each [fn]of them to receive a little portion.” 8 Then one of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, 9 “There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are they for so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks, he distributed them [fn]to the disciples, and the disciples distributed them to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish, and the people ate as much as they wanted. 12 When they were full, Jesus said to his disciples, “Gather together the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted.” 13 So they gathered them together and filled twelve baskets with the broken pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the [fn]sign that Jesus had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 So Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, [fn]withdrew to the mountain by himself.