30 And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

31 And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

32 And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

33 And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

34 And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

35 And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

36 Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

37 But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

38 And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

39 And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.

40 And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.

41 And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

42 And they all took of the food and had enough.

43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.

44 And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.

30 Or gli apostoli, essendosi raccolti presso Gesù gli riferirono tutto quello che avean fatto e insegnato.

31 Ed egli disse loro: Venitevene ora in disparte, in luogo solitario, e riposatevi un po. Difatti, era tanta la gente che andava e veniva, che essi non aveano neppur tempo di mangiare.

32 Partirono dunque nella barca per andare in un luogo solitario in disparte.

33 E molti li videro partire e li riconobbero; e da tutte le città accorsero là a piedi e vi giunsero prima di loro.

34 E come Gesù fu sbarcato, vide una gran moltitudine e nebbe compassione, perché erano come pecore che non hanno pastore; e si mise ad insegnar loro molte cose.

35 Ed essendo già tardi, i discepoli gli saccostarono e gli dissero: Questo luogo è deserto ed è già tardi;

36 licenziali, affinché vadano per le campagne e per i villaggi dintorno a comprarsi qualcosa da mangiare.

37 Ma egli rispose loro: Date lor voi da mangiare. Ed essi a lui: Andremo noi a comprare per dugento danari di pane e daremo loro da mangiare?

38 Ed egli domandò loro: Quanti pani avete? andate a vedere. Ed essi, accertatisi, risposero: Cinque, e due pesci.

39 Allora egli comandò loro di farli accomodar tutti a brigate sullerba verde;

40 e si assisero per gruppi di cento e di cinquanta.

41 Poi Gesù prese i cinque pani e i due pesci, e levati gli occhi al cielo, benedisse e spezzò i pani, e li dava ai discepoli, affinché li mettessero dinanzi alla gente; e i due pesci spartì pure fra tutti.

42 E tutti mangiarono e furon sazi;

43 e si portaron via dodici ceste piene di pezzi di pane, ed anche i resti dei pesci.

44 E quelli che avean mangiato i pani erano cinquemila uomini.