Feeding the Five Thousand

Tyndale New Testament

Mat 14:13–21

13 When Iesus hearde that he departed thence by shippe in to a desert place out of the waye. And when the people had hearde therof they folowed him afote out of their cities.
14 And Iesus went forth and sawe moche people and his herte did melte vpon them and he healed of them those that were sicke.
15 When even was come his disciples came to him sayinge. This is a deserte place and the daye is spent: let the people departe that they maye go into the tounes and bye them vytayllis.
16 But Iesus sayde vnto them. They have no neade to go awaye. Geve ye them to eate.
17 Then sayde they vnto him: we have here but .v. loves and two fysshes.
18 And he sayde: bringe the hyther to me.
19 And he commaunded the people to syt downe on the grasse: and toke the .v. loves and the .ii. fysshes and loked vp to heven and blessed and brake and gave the loves to his disciples and the disciples gave them to the people.
20 And they dyd all eate and were suffised. And they gadered vp of the gobbetes that remayned vii. basketes full.
21 And they that ate werein nobre about .v.M. men besyde wemen and chyldren.

Mrk 6:30–44

30 And the apostels gaddered them selves to ggedre to Iesus and tolde him all thinges booth what they had done and what they had taught.
31 And he sayd vnto them: come ye aparte into the wyldernes and rest awhyle. For there were many comers and goers that they had no leasure so moche as to eate.
32 And he went by ship out of the waye into a deserte place.
33 But the people spyed them when they departed: and many knewe him and ranne afote thyther out of all cities and cam thyther before them and came togedder vnto him.
34 And Iesus went out and sawe moche people and had compassion on them because they were lyke shepe which had no shepeherde. And he beganne to teache them many thinges.
35 And when the daye was nowe farre spet his disciples came vnto him sayinge: this is a desert place and now the daye is farre passed
36 let the departe that they maye goo into the countrey rounde about and into the tounes and bye the breed: for they have nothinge to eate.
37 He answered and sayde vnto them: geve ye them to eate. And they sayde vnto him: shall we goo and bye ii.C. penyworth of breed and geve them to eate?
38 He sayde vnto them: how many loves have ye? Goo and loke. And when they had serched they sayde: v. and .ii. fysshes.
39 And he commaunded them to make them all syt doune by companyes apon the grene grasse.
40 And they sate doune here a rowe and there arowe by houndredes and by fyfties.
41 And he toke the .v. loves and the ii. fysshes and loked vp to heven and blessed and brake the loves and gave them to his disciples to put before the: and the .ii. fysshes he devyded amonge them all.
42 And they all dyd eate and were satisfied.
43 And they toke vp twelve baskettes full of the gobbettes and of the fysshes.
44 And they that ate were about fyve thousand men.

Luk 9:10–17

10 And the Apostles retourned and tolde him what great thinges they had done. And he toke them and went a syde into a solitary place nye to a citie called Bethsaida.
11 And the people knewe of it and folowed him. And he receaved them and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God and healed them that had nede to be healed.
12 And when the daye beganne to weare awaye then came the twelve and sayde vnto him: sende the people awaye that they maye goo into the tounes and villages roundabout and lodge and get meate for we are here in a place of wyldernes.
13 But he sayde vnto them: Geve ye them to eate. And they sayde. We have no moo but fyve loves and two fisshes except we shuld goo and bye meate for all this people.
14 And they were about a fyve thousand men. And he sayde to his disciples: Cause them to syt doune by fyfties in a company.
15 And they dyd soo and made them all syt doune.
16 And he toke the fyve loves and the two fisshes and loked vp to heven and blessed them and brake and gave to the disciples to set before the people.
17 And they ate and were all satisfied. And ther was taken vp of that remayned to the twelve baskettes full of broken meate.

Jhn 6:1–14

1 After these thinges Iesus wet his waye over the see of Galile nye to a cyte called Tiberias.
2 And a greate multitude folowed him because they had sene his myracles which he dyd on them that were diseased.
3 And Iesus went vp into a mountayne and there he sate with his disciples.
4 And ester a feast of the Iewes was nye.
5 Then Iesus lifte vp his eyes and sawe a greate company come vnto him and sayde vnto Philip: whence shall we bye breed that these might eate.
6 This he sayde to prove him: for he him sylfe knewe what he wolde do.
7 Philip answered him two hondred peny worthe of breed are not sufficient for them that every man have a litell.
8 Then sayde vnto him one of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother.
9 There ys a lad here which hath fyve barly loves and two fisshes: but what is that amonge so many?
10 And Iesus sayde. Make the people sit doune: Ther was moche grasse in the place. And the men sate doune in nombre about five thousande.
11 And Iesus toke the breed and gave thankes and gave to the disciples and his disciples to them that were set doune. And lykwyse of the fysshes as moche as they wolde.
12 When they had eate ynough he sayd vnto his disciples: gadder vp the broke meate that remayneth: that nothinge be loost.
13 And they gadered it to geder and fylled twelve baskettes with the broken meate of the five barly loves which broken meate remayned vnto the that had eaten.
14 Then the men when they had sene the myracle that Iesus dyd sayde: This is of a trueth the Prophet that shuld come into the worlde.