Mark 6:30–52

^30aThe ^bapostles gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

³¹And He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and ^athey did not even have time to eat.)

^32aThey went away in ^bthe boat to a secluded place by themselves.

Five Thousand Fed

³³The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

³⁴When Jesus went ¹ashore, He ^asaw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^bthey were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

³⁵When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, “¹This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

³⁶send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ¹something to eat.”

³⁷But He answered them, “You give them something to eat!” ^aAnd they said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred ^1bdenarii on bread and give them something to eat?”

³⁸And He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”

³⁹And He commanded them all to ¹sit down by groups on the green grass.

⁴⁰They ¹sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.

⁴¹And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^ablessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.

⁴²They all ate and were satisfied,

⁴³and they picked up twelve full ^abaskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.

⁴⁴There were ^afive thousand men who ate the loaves.

Jesus Walks on the Water

^45aImmediately Jesus made His disciples get into ^bthe boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to ^cBethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

⁴⁶After ^abidding them farewell, He left ^bfor the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land.

⁴⁸Seeing them ¹straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the ^2afourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.

⁴⁹But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were ¹terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, “^aTake courage; it is I, ^bdo not be afraid.”

⁵¹Then He got into ^athe boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished,

⁵²for ^athey ¹had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but ²their heart ^bwas hardened.