9. “There is a boy here who has five small loaves of barley bread and two fish. But what good is that with all these people?”
10. The ground was covered with grass, and Jesus told his disciples to make everyone sit down. About five thousand men were in the crowd.
11. Jesus took the bread in his hands and gave thanks to God. Then he passed the bread to the people, and he did the same with the fish, until everyone had plenty to eat.
12. The people ate all they wanted, and Jesus told his disciples to gather up the leftovers, so that nothing would be wasted.
13. The disciples gathered them up and filled twelve large baskets with what was left over from the five barley loaves.
14. After the people had seen Jesus perform this miracle, they began saying, “This must be the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
15. Jesus realized that they would try to force him to be their king. So he went up on a mountain, where he could be alone.
16. That evening, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake.
17. They got into a boat and set off for Capernaum. Later that evening Jesus had still not come to them,
18. and a strong wind was making the water rough.
19. When the disciples had rowed for five or six kilometres, they saw Jesus walking on the water. He kept coming closer to the boat, and they were terrified.
20. But he said, “I am Jesus! Don't be afraid!”