John 6:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

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  • Matt 4:18 : 18 The Call of the Disciples As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon(called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen).
  • John 1:40-44 : 40 Andrew’s Declaration Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him,“We have found the Messiah!”(which is translated Christ). 42 Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,“You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas”(which is translated Peter). 43 The Calling of More Disciples On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.” 44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

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  • John 6:9-13
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    9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”

    10 Jesus said,“Have the people sit down.”(Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

    11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.

    12 When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples,“Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.”

    13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.

  • John 6:5-7
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    5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

    6 (Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)

    7 Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

  • John 1:39-41
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    39 Jesus answered,“Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

    40 Andrew’s Declaration Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.

    41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him,“We have found the Messiah!”(which is translated Christ).

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    16 But he replied,“They don’t need to go. You give them something to eat.”

    17 They said to him,“We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

    18 “Bring them here to me,” he replied.

    19 Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.

    20 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

  • Mark 6:35-38
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    35 When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said,“This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

    36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

    37 But he answered them,“You give them something to eat.” And they said,“Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?”

    38 He said to them,“How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said,“Five– and two fish.”

  • Mark 8:4-7
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    4 His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

    5 He asked them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven.”

    6 Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

    7 They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

  • 13 But he said to them,“You give them something to eat.” They replied,“We have no more than five loaves and two fish– unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

  • 22 Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.

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    33 The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

    34 Jesus said to them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven– and a few small fish.”

  • 14 Simon(whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

  • 1 The Feeding of the Four Thousand In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

  • Mark 6:43-44
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    43 and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.

    44 Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.

  • 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.

  • Mark 8:19-20
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    19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Twelve.”

    20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Seven.”

  • 18 and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

  • 41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.

  • 33 So the disciples began to say to one another,“No one brought him anything to eat, did they?”

  • Luke 9:16-17
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    16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

    17 They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up– twelve baskets of broken pieces.

  • 2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon(called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

  • 2 Simon Peter, Thomas(called Didymus), Nathanael(who was from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of his were together.

  • John 1:43-44
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    43 The Calling of More Disciples On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.”

    44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

  • 18 The Call of the Disciples As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon(called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen).

  • Matt 16:8-9
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    8 When Jesus learned of this, he said,“You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread?

    9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

  • 24 So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to.

  • 6 He told them,“Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they threw the net, and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.

  • 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.