¹³When Jesus heard about it,^h he withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed him on foot from the towns. ¹⁴When he went ashore,^C he saw a large crowd, had compassion on them, and healed their sick.ⁱ

¹⁵When evening came, the disciples^j approached him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is already late.^D Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

¹⁶“They don’t need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”

¹⁷“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to him.

¹⁸“Bring them here to me,” he said. ¹⁹Then he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.^k ²⁰Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces.^l ²¹Now those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

WALKING ON THE WATER

²²Immediately^m he^E made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. ²³After dismissing the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. Well into the night, he was there alone.ⁿ

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Footnotes

C Coming out (of the boat)
D and the time (for the evening meal) has already passed
EOther read Jesus

Cross references

h Mk 6:32–44; Lk 9:10–17; Jn 6:1–13
i Mt 4:23; 9:36
j Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16
k 1Sm 9:13; Mt 26:26; Mk 8:7; 14:22; Lk 24:30; Ac 27:35
l Mt 16:9; Mk 6:43; 8:19; Lk 9:17; Jn 6:13
m Mk 6:45–51; Jn 6:15–21
n Lk 6:12; 9:48