1 In those days, the crowd being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and said to them,

2 I have compassion on the crowd because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint in the way. For many of them come from afar.

4 And His disciples answered Him, From where can a man satisfy these [with] loaves here in the wilderness?

5 And He asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.

6 And He commanded the people to recline on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, and He broke and gave to His disciples to set before them. And they set [them before] the people.

7 And they had a few fish. And He blessed and commanded them to also serve these.

8 So they ate and were filled. And [they] took up over and above seven lunch baskets [of] fragments.

9 And they who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away.