Study Desk

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, ^(a)Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,

"^(b)I feel compassion for the ^[a]people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.

If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."

And His disciples answered Him, "Where will anyone be able to find enough ^[b]bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

And He was asking them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."

And He *directed the ^[c]people to ^[d]sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to ^[e]serve to them, and they served them to the ^[f]people.

They also had a few small fish; and ^(c)after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be ^[g]served as well.

And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large ^(d)baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.