Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 6:13-14

"So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten. When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world." — John 6:13-14 (ASV)

Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

Men are often convinced by the argument of selfishness. They had been fed, and now they believed. But faith that depends upon a full stomach will despair when they get hungry again. Always beware of that religion which depends on loaves and fishes. You know how it was with the children of Israel.

"Now they believed the word,
While rocks with rivers flow,
Then with their sins they grieved the Lord,
And he did bring them low."

Oh, but we must not have a faith that depends on what it can see, and on what it can eat, and on what it can drink. Oh, far better the confidence in the blessed person of the Lord, and in the spiritual riches which He can communicate.