Read John 6:36-50 with your family.

Jesus tried to explain to the people around him what the gifts of God looked like. He used bread as a metaphor, a word picture of how God gives us what we need when we need it.

The people listening didn’t understand and started talking poorly about Jesus. What does he know, they wondered, we know where he comes from and we know his parents, we know he’s not special so why is he acting like he knows better than we do. Grown ups tend to insult and ignore others when they don’t understand what is going on.

Jesus understood that, so he did his best to teach them as simply as he could, how much God loved them and how God would always give them what they needed.