36. Send them away, so that by going out to nearby villages and towns, they might buy provisions for themselves to eat."
37. And responding, he said to them, "Give them something to eat yourselves." And they said to him, "Let us go out and buy bread for two hundred denarii, and then we will give them something to eat."
38. And 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."
39. And he instructed them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
40. And they sat down in divisions by hundreds and by fifties.
41. And having received the five loaves and the two fish, gazing up to heaven, he blessed and broke the bread, and he gave it to his disciples to set before them. And the two fish he divided among them all.
42. And they all ate and were satisfied.
43. And they brought together the remainder: twelve baskets full of fragments and of fish.
44. Now those who ate were five thousand men.
45. And without delay he urged his disciples to climb into the boat, so that they might precede him across the sea to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the people.
46. And when he had dismissed them, he went to the mountain to pray.
47. And when it was late, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
48. And seeing them struggling to row, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he came to them, walking upon the sea. And he intended to pass by them.
49. But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.
50. For they all saw him, and they were very disturbed. And immediately he spoke with them, and he said to them: "Be strengthened in faith. It is I. Do not be afraid."
51. And he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they became even more astonished within themselves.
52. For they did not understand about the bread. For their heart had been blinded.
53. And when they had crossed over, they arrived in the land of Genesaret, and they reached the shore.