14. When He went ashore and saw a great throng of people, He had compassion (pity and deep sympathy) for them and cured their sick.
15. When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, This is a remote and barren place, and the day is now over; send the throngs away into the villages to buy food for themselves.
16. Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.
17. They said to Him, We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.
18. He said, Bring them here to Me.
19. Then He ordered the crowds to recline on the grass; and He took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and blessed and broke the loaves and handed the pieces to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
20. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve [small hand] baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
21. And those who ate were about 5,000 men, not including women and children.
22. Then He directed the disciples to get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent away the crowds.
23. And after He had dismissed the multitudes, He went up into the hills by Himself to pray. When it was evening, He was still there alone.
24. But the boat was by this time out on the sea, many furlongs [a furlong is one-eighth of a mile] distant from the land, beaten and tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.
25. And in the fourth watch [between 3:00–6:00 a.m.] of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
26. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, It is a ghost! And they screamed out with fright.