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Therefore, when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward Him, He asked Philip, "Where will we buy bread so these people can eat?"

"There's a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?"

Then Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. The men numbered about 5,000.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

When they were full, He told His disciples, "Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted."

So they collected them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

"What sign then are You going to do so we may see and believe You?" they asked. "What are You going to perform?

This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

So Jesus said to them, "I assure you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

so His brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works that You are doing.

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses won't be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

Then the Jews said to one another, "Where does He intend to go so we won't find Him? He doesn't intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does He?

So a division occurred among the crowd because of Him.

[So each one went to his house.

In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do You say?"

So the Pharisees said to Him, "You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

So the Jews said again, "He won't kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I'm going, you cannot come' ?"

So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own. But just as the Father taught Me, I say these things.