38. He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out they said, “Five loaves and two fish.”
39. So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.
40. The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.
41. Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to [his] disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all.
42. They all ate and were satisfied.
43. And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish.
44. Those who ate [of the loaves] were five thousand men.
45. Then he made his disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.