18. He said, “Bring them here to me.”
19. He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
20. They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.
21. Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
22. Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23. After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.