19. And when he had ordered the multitude to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fish, and gazing up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the bread to the disciples, and then the disciples to the multitudes.
20. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up the remnants: twelve baskets full of fragments.
21. Now the number of those who ate was five thousand men, besides women and children.
22. And Jesus promptly compelled his disciples to climb into the boat, and to precede him in crossing the sea, while he dismissed the crowds.
23. And having dismissed the multitude, he ascended alone onto a mountain to pray. And when evening arrived, he was alone there.