Mark 6:30-44

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

30 ^a, ^bThe apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and ^cthey had no leisure even to eat. 32 ^dAnd they went away in ^ethe boat to a desolate place by themselves. 33Now many saw them going and ^frecognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34When he went ashore he ^gsaw a great crowd, and ^hhe had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. 35And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 36 ⁱSend them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 37But he answered them, ^j“You give them something to eat.” And ^kthey said to him, ^l“Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii ▼

▼A  denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer

worth of bread and give it to them to eat?” 38And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, ⁿ“Five, and two fish.” 39Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he ^olooked up to heaven and ^psaid a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 42And they all ate and were satisfied. 43And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Luke 9:10-17

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

10On their return ^qthe apostles told him all that they had done. ^rAnd he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. 11When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he ^swelcomed them and ^tspoke to them of the kingdom of God and ^ucured those who had need of healing. 12Now ^vthe day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, ^w“Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.” 13But he said to them, ^x“You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than ^yfive loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.” 14For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 15And they did so, and had them all sit down. 16And taking the five loaves and the two fish, ^zhe looked up to heaven and ^aasaid a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

John 6:1-14

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

1After this ^abJesus went away to the other side of ^acthe Sea of Galilee, which is ^adthe Sea of Tiberias. 2And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3Jesus went up on ^aethe mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4Now ^afthe Passover, the ^agfeast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 ^ahLifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to ^aiPhilip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 ^ajPhilip answered him, “Two hundred denarii ▼

▼A  denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer

worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8One of his disciples, ^alAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9“There is a boy here who has five ^ambarley loaves and two fish, but ^anwhat are they for so many?” 10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” ^aoNow there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11Jesus then took the loaves, and ^apwhen he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, ^aq“This is indeed ^arthe Prophet ^aswho is to come into the world!”