Matthew 14:15-21; Mark 6:35-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:5-14

JESUS looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him. The twelve came to him saying, "The day is wearing away, and we are in a remote location. Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms to get food and lodging for themselves." JESUS answered them, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat." Then he asked Philip, "Where can we buy enough food to feed so many people?" He said this to test him, for he already knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of food would not be enough, even if each person ate only a small amount." And JESUS asked them, "How much food do you have? Go see." One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, "There is a boy here who has five small barley loaves and two small fish, but that is not nearly enough for all these people." And JESUS said, "Bring them here to me." He commanded all the people to sit down in groups of 50 or 100 on the green grass, which was plentiful in that area. In all, there were about five thousand men, plus women and children. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up into heaven, he gave thanks and blessed the food. Then he distributed the food to the disciples, and they in turn served all the people, as much as they desired. They all ate and were filled. Then he said to the disciples, "Gather up all the leftovers. Let nothing go to waste." So they collected the food that was left over, and it filled twelve large baskets! When the people had seen this miracle that JESUS had performed, they said, "Truly this is the Prophet we were expecting to come into the world."