34. And getting out of the boat he saw the large crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
35. And the hour had already become late when his disciples came up to him, saying, “The place is desolate and the hour is already late.
36. Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages and purchase something to eat for themselves.”
37. But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Should we go and purchase bread for two hundred denarii and give it to them 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 ordered them all to recline in groups on the green grass.
40. And they reclined in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
41. And taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples so that they could set them before them. And he distributed the two fish to them all.
42. And they all ate and were satisfied.
43. And they picked up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.
44. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
45. And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.
46. And after he had said farewell to them, he went away to the mountain to pray.
47. And when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.