33. But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
34. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
35. By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. "This is a remote place," they said, "and it's already very late.
36. Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
37. But he answered, "You give them something to eat."They said to him, "That would take more than half a year's wages ! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?"
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 directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.