1 Depois disso, Jesus atravessou o lago da Galileia, que também é chamado de Tiberíades. 2 Uma grande multidão o seguia porque eles tinham visto os milagres que Jesus tinha feito, curando os doentes. 3 Ele subiu um monte e sentou-se ali com os seus discípulos. 4 A Páscoa, a festa principal dos judeus, estava perto. 5 Jesus olhou em volta de si e viu que uma grande multidão estava chegando perto dele. Então disse a Filipe:

— Onde vamos comprar comida para toda esta gente?

6 Ele sabia muito bem o que ia fazer, mas disse isso para ver qual seria a resposta de Filipe.

7 Filipe respondeu assim:

— Para cada pessoa poder receber um pouco de pão, nós precisaríamos gastar mais de duzentas moedas de prata .

8 Então um dos discípulos, André, irmão de Simão Pedro, disse:

9 — Está aqui um menino que tem cinco pães de cevada e dois peixinhos. Mas o que é isso para tanta gente?

10 Jesus disse:

— Digam a todos que se sentem no chão.

Então todos se sentaram. (Havia muita grama naquele lugar.) Estavam ali quase cinco mil homens. 11 Em seguida Jesus pegou os pães, deu graças a Deus e os repartiu com todos; e fez o mesmo com os peixes. E todos comeram à vontade. 12 Quando já estavam satisfeitos, ele disse aos discípulos:

— Recolham os pedaços que sobraram a fim de que não se perca nada.

13 Eles ajuntaram os pedaços e encheram doze cestos com o que sobrou dos cinco pães.

14 Os que viram esse milagre de Jesus disseram:

— De fato, este é o Profeta que devia vir ao mundo!

1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea] of Tiberias.

2 And a great multitude followed him because they saw his signs which he did in the sick.

3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.

4 And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

5 Then Jesus lifted up [his] eyes and saw a great company come unto him; he said unto Philip, From where shall we buy bread that these may eat?

6 But he said this to prove him, for he knew what he would do.

7 Philip answered him, Two hundred denarius of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one of them may take a little.

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said unto him,

9 There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes, but what are they among so many?

10 Then Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples and the disciples to those that were sitting down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they desired.

12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost.

13 Therefore they gathered [them] together and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over from those that had eaten.

14 Then those men, as they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth the prophet that was to come into the world.