15 When evening came, the disciples  * 14:15 Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 approached him and said, "This place is deserted, and it is already late.  * 14:15 Lit and the time (for the evening meal) has already passed Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

16 "They don’t need to go away," Jesus told them. "You give them something to eat."

17 "But we only have five loaves and two fish here," they said to him.

18 "Bring them here to me," he said. 19 Then he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.  * 14:19 1Sm 9:13; Mt 26:26; Mk 8:7; 14:22; Lk 24:30; Ac 27:3520 Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces.  * 14:20 Mt 16:9; Mk 6:43; 8:19; Lk 9:17; Jn 6:1321 Now those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.