2. A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.
3. So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.
4. (Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)
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.”
8. One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,