Jesus saw a great crowd and questioned how to feed them and the disciples said it would cost a fortune! However Andrew presented a boy with 5 loaves of barley bread and 2 fish so Jesus gave thanks and then proceeded to distribute to all 5,000 men, and 12 basketfuls were left over at the end! After this the disciples went across the lake in a boat and had gone 5 or 6 kilometers when Jesus caught them up walking on the water, and the disciples were terrified! The crowds then went after Jesus and he said they wanted more loaves and fishes, but they should rather focus on "food that endures to eternal life... for the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world... give us this bread they said... Jesus answered I am the bread of life... he who comes to me will never go hungry... and everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life... everyone that listens to the Father comes to me... I am the living bread that came down from heaven... and whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life... this is the bread from heaven which makes you live forever". Many disciples deserted Jesus because they found his teaching hard but Jesus said "the words I have spoken are spirit and they are life". In the face of many deserting Jesus he asked the 12 disciples if they wanted to leave also? Peter replied: To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life".
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