1 Dopo queste cose, Gesù se ne andò allaltra riva del mar di Galilea, chè il mar di Tiberiade.

2 E una gran moltitudine lo seguiva, perché vedeva i miracoli chegli faceva suglinfermi.

3 Ma Gesù salì sul monte e quivi si pose a sedere co suoi discepoli.

4 Or la Pasqua, la festa dei Giudei, era vicina.

5 Gesù dunque, alzati gli occhi e vedendo che una gran folla veniva a lui, disse a Filippo: Dove comprerem noi del pane perché questa gente abbia da mangiare?

6 Diceva così per provarlo; perché sapeva bene quel che stava per fare.

7 Filippo gli rispose: Dugento denari di pane non bastano perché ciascun di loro nabbia un pezzetto.

8 Uno de suoi discepoli, Andrea, fratello di Simon Pietro, gli disse:

9 Vè qui un ragazzo che ha cinque pani dorzo e due pesci; ma che cosa sono per tanta gente?

10 Gesù disse: Fateli sedere. Or vera molterba in quel luogo. La gente dunque si sedette, ed eran circa cinquemila uomini.

11 Gesù quindi prese i pani; e dopo aver rese grazie, li distribuì alla gente seduta; lo stesso fece de pesci, quanto volevano.

12 E quando furon saziati, disse ai suoi discepoli: Raccogliete i pezzi avanzati, ché nulla se ne perda.

13 Essi quindi li raccolsero, ed empiron dodici ceste di pezzi che di que cinque pani dorzo erano avanzati a quelli che avean mangiato.

14 La gente dunque, avendo veduto il miracolo che Gesù avea fatto, disse: Questi è certo il profeta che ha da venire al mondo.

1 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick. 3 Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?" 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little."

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"

10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fish as much as they desired. 12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost." 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."