38. ‘How many loaves do you have?’ he asked. ‘Go and see.’When they found out, they said, ‘Five – and two fish.’
39. Then Jesus told them to make all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
40. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
41. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
42. They all ate and were satisfied,
43. and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
44. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.
45. Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
46. After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
47. Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.