Mark 6:30–52

Twelve Return

Luke 9:10

^30cThen the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. ^31dAnd He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” For ^ethere were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

Five Thousand are Fed

Matt. 14:13–21; Luke 9:11–17; John 6:1–14

^32fSo they departed to a deserted place in the boat by themselves.

³³But ⁶the multitudes saw them departing, and many ^gknew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to Him. ^34hAnd Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like ⁱsheep not having a shepherd. So ^jHe began to teach them many things. ^35kWhen the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late. ³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves ⁷bread; for they have nothing to eat.”

³⁷But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

And they said to Him, ^l“Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”

³⁸But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”

And when they found out they said, ^m“Five, and two fish.”

³⁹Then He ⁿcommanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties. ⁴¹And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He ^olooked up to heaven, ^pblessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all. ⁴²So they all ate and were filled. ⁴³And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish. ⁴⁴Now those who had eaten the loaves were ⁸about five thousand men.

Jesus Walks on Water

Matt. 14:22–23; John 6:15–21

^45qImmediately He ⁹made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away. ⁴⁶And when He had sent them away, He ^rdeparted to the mountain to pray. ⁴⁷Now when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea; and He was alone on the land. ⁴⁸Then He saw them straining at rowing, for the wind was against them. Now about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea, and ^swould have passed them by. ⁴⁹And when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ^tghost, and cried out; ⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He talked with them and said to them, ^u “Be ¹of good cheer! It is I; do not be ^vafraid.” ⁵¹Then He went up into the boat to them, and the wind ^wceased. And they were greatly ^xamazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled. ⁵²For ^ythey had not understood about the loaves, because their ^zheart was hardened.