Haggai 2:16-19

16how did you fare? ^aWhen ▼

▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew  Lord, since they were. When

one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 ^cI struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, ^dyet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. 18 ^eConsider from this day onward, ^ffrom the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since ^gthe day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, ^hconsider: 19 ⁱIs the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on ^jI will bless you.”

Malachi 3:9-11

9 ^kYou are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 ^lBring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby ^mput me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open ⁿthe windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 11I will rebuke ^othe devourer ▼

▼Probably a name for some crop-destroying pest or pests

for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 6:38-44

38And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, ^q“Five, and two fish.” 39Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he ^rlooked up to heaven and ^ssaid a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 42And they all ate and were satisfied. 43And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Mark 8:4-9

4And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” 5And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, ^t“Seven.” 6And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and ^uhaving given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7And they had a few small fish. And ^vhaving blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. 8And ^wthey ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, ^xseven baskets full. 9And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.

John 6:5-15

5 ^yLifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to ^zPhilip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 ^aaPhilip answered him, “Two hundred denarii ▼

▼A  denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer

worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8One of his disciples, ^acAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9“There is a boy here who has five ^adbarley loaves and two fish, but ^aewhat are they for so many?” 10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” ^afNow there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11Jesus then took the loaves, and ^agwhen he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, ^ah“This is indeed ^aithe Prophet ^ajwho is to come into the world!”

15 ^akPerceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus ^alwithdrew again to ^amthe mountain by himself.

John 6:31-59

31 ^anOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^ao‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is ^aphe who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34They said to him, ^aq“Sir, give us this bread always.”

35Jesus said to them, ^ar“I am the bread of life; ^aswhoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 ^atAll that ^authe Father gives me will come to me, and ^avwhoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38For ^awI have come down from heaven, not to do ^axmy own will but ^aythe will of him ^azwho sent me. 39And ^bathis is the will of him who sent me, ^bbthat I should lose nothing of ^bcall that he has given me, but ^bdraise it up on the last day. 40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^belooks on the Son and ^bfbelieves in him ^bgshould have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

41So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, ^bh“I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They said, ^bi“Is not this Jesus, ^bjthe son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^bkwe know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me ^bldraws him. And ^bmI will raise him up on the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets, ^bn‘And they will all be ^botaught by God.’ ^bpEveryone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 ^bqnot that anyone has seen the Father except ^brhe who is from God; he ^bshas seen the Father. 47Truly, truly, I say to you, ^btwhoever believes has eternal life. 48 ^buI am the bread of life. 49 ^bvYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and ^bwthey died. 50 ^bxThis is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it ^byand not die. 51I am the living bread ^bzthat came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give ^cafor the life of the world is ^cbmy flesh.”

52The Jews then ^ccdisputed among themselves, saying, ^cd“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^cethe Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^cfhave no life in you. 54Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^cghas eternal life, and ^chI will raise him up on the last day. 55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^ciabides in me, and I in him. 57As ^cjthe living Father ^cksent me, and ^clI live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 ^cmThis is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread ▼

▼Greek lacks  the bread

the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59Jesus ▼

▼Greek He

said these things in the synagogue, as he taught ^cpat Capernaum.

John 6:63

63 ^cqIt is the Spirit who gives life; ^crthe flesh is no help at all. ^csThe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.