Mat 14:15-21, Mar 6:35-44, Joh 6:1, 5-15 | ESV | STEP | Now when it was evening , the disciples came to him and said , This is a desolate place , and the day is now over ; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves .

Matthew 14:15-21

15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; ^asend the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 But Jesus said, “They need not go away; ^byou give them something to eat.” 17 They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” 18 And he said, “Bring them here to me.” 19 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, ^che looked up to heaven and ^dsaid a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Mark 6:35-44

35 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 36 ^eSend them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 37 But he answered them, ^f“You give them something to eat.” And ^gthey said to him, ^h“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?” 38 And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, ^j“Five, and two fish.” 39 Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he ^klooked up to heaven and ^lsaid 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. 42 And they all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

John 6:1

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

1 After this ^mJesus went away to the other side of ⁿthe Sea of Galilee, which is ^othe Sea of Tiberias.

John 6:5-15

5 ^pLifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to ^qPhilip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 ^rPhilip 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.” 8 One of his disciples, ^tAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five ^ubarley loaves and two fish, but ^vwhat are they for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” ^wNow there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and ^xwhen he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, ^y“This is indeed ^zthe Prophet ^aawho is to come into the world!”

15 ^abPerceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus ^acwithdrew again to ^adthe mountain by himself.