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John 6:5-6 KJV

"When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do."
John Chapter 6, Verse 5-6

John 6:5-6 in Context (Verses 2–9 KJV)

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And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
3
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
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When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
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And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
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Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
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One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
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There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?