Daily Discovery Bible Study

1 Some time later Jesus left to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also known as the Sea of Tiberias).2 A large crowd was following him, for they'd seen his miracles of healing.3 Jesus went up a hill and sat down there with his disciples.4 The time for the Jewish festival of the Passover was approaching.5 When Jesus looked up, and saw a large crowd coming towards him, he asked Philip, “Where can we buy bread to feed these people?”6 He only asked this to see how Philip would respond, because Jesus already knew what he was going to do.

7 “Two hundred silver coins wouldn't buy enough bread to give everyone only a little,” Philip replied.

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up.9 “There's a boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what good is that when there are so many people?”

10 “Have everybody sit down,” Jesus said. There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down, the men numbering around five thousand.11 Jesus took the bread, gave thanks, and had it handed out to the people as they sat there. Then he did the same with the fishes, making sure the people had as much as they wanted.12 Once they were all full, he said to his disciples, “Collect what's left over so nothing is wasted.”13 So they collected and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves the people had eaten.14 When the people saw this miracle, they said, “Surely this is the Prophet who was to come into the world.”

John 6: 1-14