John 6:1-14, 35-50
6 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2
And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3
Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” 10
Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12
And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14
When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43
Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’
Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pa pum pum
To lay before the King, pa rum pa pum pum,
Rum pa pum pum, rum pa pum pum
So to honor Him, pa rum pa pum pum
When we come
And words written of His life. Egeria was a Galician (Galatians) woman making pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381–384 A.D.. Her journey, in a long letter to a circle of women at home, survives.
"Not far away from there (Capernaum) are some stone steps where the Lord stood. And in the same place by the sea is a grassy field with plenty of hay and many palm trees. By them are seven springs, each flowing strongly. And this is the field where the Lord fed the people with the five loaves and two fishes. In fact the stone on which the Lord placed the bread has now been made into an altar. Past the walls of this church goes the public highway on which the Apostle Matthew had his place of custom. Near there on a mountain is a cave to which the Savior climbed and spoke the Beatitudes."
In 480 A.D., floor mosaics were added to The Church of the Multiplication, located in Tabgha, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee.
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” 10
Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”
Remember, Jesus was so comfortable, He was sitting with His people.
Vatican Catacomb Icon of St. Andrew
A real boy brought five barley loaves and two fish.
Recorded for millenniums.
Imagine. What did the boy see for his gift to Jesus?
2 Corinthians 9:7
God loves a cheerful giver!
Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them
Jesus gave Thanks.
Jesus calls us - Beloved.
We know Jesus thanked our Father, the gift of the loaves & fish and His Child.
Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Jesus the same yesterday, today and tomorrow!!!
Jesus doing like He always does.
He has His hands in our lives,
Jesus - feeding His children and giving out fish and loaves.
Like Peter in the water, Jesus is hands involved.
2 Corinthians 9:6
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Matthew 10:42
"And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
Mark 10:32
They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and
Jesus
was walking ahead of them.
The disciples were filled with awe
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