4. Passover, the Jewish feast, was near.
5. Lifting up His eyes and seeing a large crowd coming to Him, Yeshua said to Philip, “Where will we buy bread so these may eat?”
6. Now Yeshua was saying this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
7. Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii isn’t enough to buy bread for each to get a little bit!”
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’s that for so many?”
10. Yeshua said, “Make the people recline.” There was much grass in the area. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
11. Then Yeshua picked up the loaves. And having given thanks, He distributed bread to everyone who was reclining. He did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.
12. When the people were full, Yeshua said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftovers, so nothing is wasted.”
13. So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had finished eating.
14. When the people saw the sign that Yeshua performed, they began to say, “This is most certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
15. Realizing that they were about to come and seize Him by force to make Him king, Yeshua withdrew again to the mountain, Himself alone.
16. Now when evening came, Yeshua’s disciples went down to the sea.