¹⁰When the apostles returned, ^dthey reported to Jesus all that they had done. ^eHe took them along and withdrew privately to a ^ftown called Bethsaida. ^g¹¹When the crowds found out, they followed Him. He welcomed them, ^hspoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured ⁱthose who needed healing.

¹²Late in the day, ^j^kthe Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, ^lso 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 ^mand two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴(For about 5,000 men were there.)

Then He told His disciples, “Have them sit down ⁿin groups of about 50 each.” ¹⁵They did so, and had them all sit down. ¹⁶Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, ^oHe blessed and broke them. ^pHe kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd. ¹⁷Everyone ate and was filled. Then they picked up ^q12 baskets of leftover pieces.

Read in Logos

Luke 9:16: And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Footnotes

f9:10 Other add deserted place near a
i9:11 Or healed; in this passage, different Gk words are translated as heal. In Eng, “to heal” or “to cure” are synonyms with little distinction in meaning. Technically, we do not heal or cure diseases. People are healed or cured from diseases.
j9:12 When the day began to decline
n9:14 them recline
q9:17 Then were picked up by them

Cross references

d9:10–17 Mt 14:13–21; Mk 6:32–44; Jn 6:5–13
e9:10 Mk 6:30
g9:10 Mt 11:21; Mk 8:22; Jn 1:44; 12:21
h9:11 Lk 8:40
k9:12 Lk 24:29
l9:12 Mt 15:23
m9:13 Mt 16:9; Mk 8:19
o9:16 Mk 7:34; Jn 11:41; 17:1
p9:16 Mt 26:26; Mk 8:7; 14:22; Lk 24:30