32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 32-35
With a few loaves of bread and a couple of small fish, Jesus fed a crowd of over 5,000 people with leftovers to spare. In a time and culture in which many people likely lived a hand-to-mouth existence, the miracle of this feeding meant providence, stability, and a limitless supply of food to satisfy their daily hunger.
But they missed the point. Jesus didn’t come to bring bread. He came to be bread. They sought things that would satisfy but Jesus offered more.