Luke 9:10–17

FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND

¹⁰When the apostles returned,^ah they reported to Jesus all that they had done.^ai He took them along and withdrew privately to a^C town called Bethsaida.^{aj 11}When the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them,^ak spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

¹²Late in the day,^al the Twelve approached and said to him, “Send the crowd away,^am so that they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

¹³“You give them something to eat,” he told them.

“We have no more than five loaves^an and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴(For about five thousand men were there.)

Then he told his disciples, “Have them sit down^D in groups of about fifty each.” ¹⁵They did what he said, and had them all sit down. ¹⁶Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,^ao he blessed and broke them.^ap He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd. ¹⁷Everyone ate and was filled. They picked up twelve baskets of leftover pieces.