17. “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
18. “Bring them here to me,” he said.
19. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. 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 the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
20. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
21. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
22. Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
23. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,