Feeding the Five Thousand

Unlocked Literal Bible (ULB)

Mat 14:13–21

13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to an isolated place. When the crowds heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
14 Then Jesus came before them and saw the large crowd. He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
15 When the evening had come, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the day is already over. Dismiss the crowds, so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
16 But Jesus said to them, “They have no need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
17 They said to him, “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish.”
18 Jesus said, “Bring them to me.”
19 Then Jesus ordered the crowd to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish. Looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowd.
20 They all ate and were filled. Then they took up what remained of the broken pieces of food—twelve baskets full.
21 Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Mrk 6:30–44

30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.
31 Then he said to them, “Come away by yourselves into a deserted place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
32 So they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
33 But they saw them leaving and many recognized them, and they ran there together on foot from all the towns, and they arrived there before them.
34 When they came ashore, he saw a great crowd and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.
35 When the hour was late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place and the hour is already late.
36 Send them away so that they may go into the nearby countryside and villages to buy something to eat for themselves.”
37 But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Can we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”
38 He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five loaves and two fish.”
39 He commanded all the people to sit down in groups upon the green grass.
40 They sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
42 They all ate until they were satisfied.
43 They took up broken pieces of bread, twelve baskets full, and also pieces of the fish.
44 There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.

Luk 9:10–17

10 When the apostles returned, they told him everything they had done. Then he took them with him, and they went away privately to a town called Bethsaida.
11 But when the crowds heard about this, they followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.
12 Now the day was about to come to an end, and the twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and food, because we are here in an isolated place.”
13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
14 (There were about five thousand men.) He said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15 So they did this, and made the people sit down.
16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, he blessed them and broke them into pieces, and he gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
17 They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up—twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Jhn 6:1–14

1 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.
2 A great crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was doing on those who were sick.
3 Jesus went up the mountain and there he sat down with his disciples.
4 (Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was near.)
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where are we going to buy bread so that these may eat?”
6 (But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he himself knew what he was going to do.)
7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be sufficient for each one to have even a little.”
8 One of the disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,
9 “There is a boy here who has five bread loaves of barley and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
11 Then Jesus took the loaves and after giving thanks, he gave it to those who were sitting. He did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.
12 When the people were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which remain, so that nothing will be lost.”
13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
14 Then, when the people saw this sign that he did, they said, “This truly is the prophet who is to come into the world.”