10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand.h 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks he distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.i

12 When they were full, he told his disciples, “Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.”j 13 So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

14 When the people saw the signB he had done, they said, “This truly is the Prophetk who is to comel into the world.”m