Study Desk

When Jesus went ^[q]ashore, He ^(ak)saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^(al)they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, "^[r]This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ^[s]something to eat."

But He answered them, "You give them something to eat!" ^(am)And they *said to Him, "Shall we go and spend two hundred ^[t](an)denarii on bread and give them something to eat?"

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

And He commanded them all to ^[u]sit down by groups on the green grass.

They ^[v]sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.

And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^(ao)blessed 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.

They all ate and were satisfied,

and they picked up twelve full ^(ap)baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.

There were ^(aq)five thousand men who ate the loaves.