Jesus Feeds Four Thousand

8 In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, ^(A)Jesus called His disciples and *said to them, ² “^(B)I feel compassion for the crowd because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat. ³ And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.” ⁴ And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough ^[a]bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?” ⁵ And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.” ⁶ And He *directed the crowd to ^[b]sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them. And He kept giving them to His disciples to ^[c]serve to them, and they served them to the crowd. ⁷ And they also had a few small fish; and ^(C)after He blessed them, He ordered these to be ^[d]served as well. ⁸ And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large ^(D)baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. ⁹ Now about four thousand were there, and He sent them away.

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand

^32 (A)And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “^(B)I feel compassion for the crowd, because they ^[a]have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” ³³ And the disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” ³⁴ And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” ³⁵ And He directed the crowd to ^[b]sit down on the ground; ³⁶ and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and ^(C)giving thanks, He broke them and kept giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. ³⁷ And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large ^(D)baskets full. ³⁸ And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁹ And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into ^(E)the boat and came to the region of ^(F)Magadan.

³⁴ And when Jesus went ^[a]ashore, He ^(A)saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^(B)they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And when it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and began saying, “^[b]This place is desolate and it is already quite late; ³⁶ send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ^[c]something to eat.” ³⁷ But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat!” ^(C)And they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred ^[d](D)denarii on bread and give them something to eat?” ³⁸ And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.” ³⁹ And He commanded them all to ^[e]sit down by ^[f]groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰ And they ^[g]sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. ⁴¹ And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^(E)blessed the food and broke the loaves. And He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them, and He divided up the two fish among them all. ⁴² And they all ate and were satisfied, ⁴³ and they picked up twelve full ^(F)baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. ⁴⁴ And there were ^(G)five thousand men who ate the loaves.