New American Standard Bible

Luke 9:13-21 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

13. But He said to them, "You give them something to eat!" And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people."

14. (For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, "Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each."

15. They did so, and had them all sit down.

16. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people.

17. And they all ate and were satisfied; and the broken pieces which they had left over were picked up, twelve baskets full.

18. And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the people say that I am?"

19. They answered and said, "John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again."

20. And He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered and said, "The Christ of God."

21. But He warned them and instructed them not to tell this to anyone,