Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Though the crowd seeks Jesus because they were fed, He tells them not to work for food that perishes but for eternal life. Jesus declares that He is the bread of life and that all who believe in Him will never hunger or thirst.
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2. 4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Therefore
Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to
Him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may
eat?" 6 This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He
was intending to do. 7 Philip answered Him, " Two hundred denarii
worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little."
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, 9
"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what
are these for so many people?"
- John 6:4-9 NASB
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3. 10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass
in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11
Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to
those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they
wanted. 12 When they were filled, He said to His disciples, "Gather up
the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost." 13 So they gathered
them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley
loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Therefore
when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said,
"This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world." 15 So Jesus,
perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to
make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.
- John 6:10-15 NASB
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4. 22 The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw
that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus
had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples
had gone away alone. 23 There came other small boats from Tiberias
near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given
thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His
disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to
Capernaum seeking Jesus. 25 When they found Him on the other side
of the sea, they said to Him, " Rabbi, when did You get here?"
- John 6:22-25 NASB
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5. 26 Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek
Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and
were filled. 27 Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food
which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for
on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." 28 Therefore they said to
Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?" 29
Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you
believe in Him whom He has sent."
- John 6:26-29 NASB
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6. 30 So they said to Him, " What then do You do for a sign, so that we
may see, and believe You? What work do You perform? 31 Our fathers
ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ' HE gave them bread
out of heaven to eat. '" 32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to
you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it
is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. 33 For the
bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to
the world." 34 Then they said to Him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
35 Jesus said to them, " I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will
not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. 36 But I said to
you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.
- John 6:30-36 NASB
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7. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your
heart.
- Jeremiah 29:13 NASB
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8. 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this
water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give
him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in
him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 4:13-14 NASB
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9. 19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and
rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys,
and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21for where your treasure
is, there your heart will be also.
33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these
things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:19-21,33 NASB
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11. For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if
anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10 NASB
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12. I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn
out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.
- Deuteronomy 29:5 NASB
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13. 9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the
reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal
to this day. 10 While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they observed
the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the
desert plains of Jericho. 11 On the day after the Passover, on that very
day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and
parched grain. 12 The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten
some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer
had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan
during that year.
- Joshua 5:9-12 NASB
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15. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who
does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:15 NASB
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16. But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make
a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope
that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;
- 1 Peter 3:15 NASB
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17. The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or
much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12 NASB
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18. 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into
Him who is the head, even Christ, 16 from whom the whole body,
being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to
the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the
body for the building up of itself in love.
- Ephesians 4:15-16 NASB
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19. 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of
mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not
merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the
interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in
Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not
regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself,
taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of
men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by
becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
- Philippians 2:3-8 NASB
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20. 14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the
lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your
light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:14-16 NASB
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21. 12 So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and
reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have
done to you? 13 You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for
so I am. 14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you
also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I gave you an example
that you also should do as I did to you.”
- John 13:12-15 NASB
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22. 14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has
no works? Can that faith save him? 15If a brother or sister is without
clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go
in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what
is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has
no works, is dead, being by itself.
- James 2:14-17 NASB
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23. "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good
measure-- pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by
your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."
- Luke 6:38 NASB
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24. 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good
deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of
some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the
day drawing near.
- Hebrews 10:24-25 NASB
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25. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to
be pleasing to Him.
- 2 Corinthians 5:9 NASB
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Editor's Notes
John F. Kennedy's inagural address in 1961 - “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
The holiday feast dates back to November 1621, when the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians gathered at Plymouth for an autumn harvest celebration, an event regarded as America's “first Thanksgiving.”
Instead of complaining, “I'm not really getting anything out of the church”we should be asking, “What am I contributing to the church?”and “How have I aided in the growth of the church?”
Some may think that if were a larger congregation we would be stronger. The strength come BEFORE the growth! We will only grow AFTER we become stronger!