Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
30The
apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that
they had done and taught.
31And he
said to them,
"Come away by yourselves to a
desolate place and rest a while." For many
were coming and going, and they had no leisure even
to eat.
32And
they went away in the boat to a desolate place by
themselves.
33Now
many saw them going and recognized them, and they
ran there on foot from all the towns and got there
ahead of them.
34When he went ashore he saw a great crowd,
and he had compassion on them, because they were
like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach
them many things.
35And
when it grew late, his disciples came to him and
said, "This is a desolate place, and the hour is now
late.
36Send
them away to go into the surrounding countryside and
villages and buy themselves something to eat."
37But he
answered them,
"You give them something to
eat." And they said to him, "Shall we go and
buy two hundred denarii
[a]
worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"
38And he
said to them,
"How many loaves do you have? Go
and see." And when they had found out, they
said, "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 looked up
to heaven and said 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.
Footnotes:
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Mark 6:37 A denarius was a day's wage
for a laborer
