Wednesday, June 2

13Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

14But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.

15And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, 'Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.'

16Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, 'Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:

17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He brought them out of it.

18Now for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness.

19And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land to them by allotment.

20'After that He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

21And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'

23From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior—Jesus—

24after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

5Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, 'Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?'

6But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

7Philip answered Him, 'Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have little.'

8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

9'There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?'

10Then Jesus said, 'Make the people sit down.' Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

11And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.

12So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, 'Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.'

13Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

14Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, 'This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.'