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6:1-14 After these things (that is, the challenge of Jesus to
Jews about Moses), Jesus went across
the sea of Tiberias in Galilee.
A large crowd followed him because they had seen the signs that he
worked on people who had ailments.
Jesus went up to the mountain and he sat there
with his disciples. Now the
feast of the Jewish Passover was near.
Jesus therefore when he lifted up his eyes and saw a large crowd coming towards him said
to Philip "Where can we buy loaves so that these people can
eat?" He said this (to Philip)
to test him for he knew what he was about to do. Phillip answered "Out of two hundred
denarii we cannot buy enough loaves of bread for them even if each person
only had a little (to eat)."
(Then) one of the his disciples who was
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter said to him. "There is a lad here who has
five loaves of barley and two fish.
But what is this amongst so many?" Jesus said "Make the men sit
down." Now there was
plenty of grass in that place.
The men therefore sat down.
They numbered about five thousand. Jesus therefore took the loaves and
having given thanks he distributed these to the people who were reclining
(on the grass). Likewise also (the
people) were
given as much of the fish as they wanted. Now when they had eaten he tells his disciples "Gather
up the left overs so that nothing is lost." They therefore gathered these up and
filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves. This is how much that was left after
the people had eaten. When
people saw what sign he had worked (here) they said "This is truly the
prophet who has come into the world."
(Note: Text is mainly a
paraphrase of the Literal translation in the RSV Interlinear Greek-English
New Testament, 1988)
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10:40-42 He went away again across the Jordan
to the place where John had at
first been baptizing. And he remained there. Many
people came to him and said “John indeed did not do any
sign. But everything that John
said about this man was true.
So many people believed in Him.”
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