Matthew 14:13-21

13Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand People Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went
The Gk. lacks and went
by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the towns.Matt 10:23; 12:15; Mark 6:32; Luke 9:19; John 6:1-2
14When he got out of the boat,
The Gk. lacks of the boat
he saw a large crowd. He had compassion for them and healed their sick.Matt 9:36; Mark 6:34

15Now when evening came, the disciples went to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”Mark 6:35; Luke 9:12; John 6:5

16But Jesus said to them, “They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17They told him, “We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish.”

18He said, “Bring them here to me.” 19Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them
The Gk. lacks gave them
to the crowds.Matt 15:36
20All of them ate and were filled. Then the disciples
Lit. they
picked up what was left of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
21Now those who had eaten were about 5,000 men, besides women and children.

Mark 6:30-44

30Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand People Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.Luke 9:10 31He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while.” For so many people were coming and going that they
Lit. and they
didn't even have time to eat.Matt 14:13; Mark 3:20
32So they went away in a boat to a deserted place by themselves.Matt 14:13

33But many people saw them leave and recognized them. So they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. 34When he got out of the boat,
The Gk. lacks of the boat
he saw a large crowd. He had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.Matt 9:36; 14:14; Luke 9:11

35When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and it's already late.Matt 14:15; Luke 9:12 36Send the crowds
Lit. them
away so that they can go to the neighboring farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “Should we go and buy 200 denarii
The denarius was the usual day's wage for a laborer.
worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”Num 11:13, 22; 2Kings 4:43

38He asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see.”

They found out and told him, “Five loaves
The Gk. lacks loaves
and two fish.”Matt 14:17; 15:34; Mark 8:5; Luke 9:13; John 6:9

39Then he ordered them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people.
Lit. before them
He also divided the two fish among them all.1Sam 9:13; Matt 26:26
42All of them ate and were filled. 43Then the disciples
Lit. they
picked up twelve baskets full of leftover bread and fish.
44There were 5,000 men who had eaten the loaves.

John 6:1-14

1Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17

After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).Matt 14:15; Mark 6:35; Luke 9:10, 12
2A large crowd kept following him because they had seen the signs that he was performing on the sick. 3But Jesus went up on a hillside and sat down there with his disciples.

4Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.Lev 23:5, 7; Deut 16:1; John 2:13; 5:1 5When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”Matt 14:14; Mark 6:35; Luke 9:12 6Jesus
Lit. He
said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

7Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii
The denarius was the usual day's wage for a laborer.
worth of bread is not enough for each of them to get a little.”Num 11:21-22

8One of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9“There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are they among so many people?”2Kings 4:43

10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was plenty of grass in that place. So the men sat down, numbering about 5,000.

11Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were seated. He also distributed
Lit. Likewise also
the fish, as much as they wanted.
12When they were completely satisfied, he told his disciples, “Collect the pieces that are left over so that nothing is lost.” 13So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14When the people saw the sign
Other mss. read signs
that he had done, they kept saying, “Truly this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!”Gen 49:10; Deut 18:15, 18; Matt 11:3; John 1:21; 7:40
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