30 Os apóstolos voltaram e contaram a Jesus tudo o que tinham feito e ensinado. 31 Havia ali tanta gente, chegando e saindo, que Jesus e os apóstolos não tinham tempo nem para comer. Então ele lhes disse:

— Venham! Vamos sozinhos para um lugar deserto a fim de descansarmos um pouco.

32 Então foram sozinhos de barco para um lugar deserto. 33 Porém muitas pessoas os viram sair e os reconheceram. De todos os povoados, muitos correram pela margem e chegaram lá antes deles. 34 Quando Jesus desceu do barco, viu a multidão e teve pena daquela gente porque pareciam ovelhas sem pastor. E começou a ensinar muitas coisas.

35 De tardinha, os discípulos chegaram perto de Jesus e disseram:

— Já é tarde, e este lugar é deserto. 36 Mande esta gente embora, a fim de que vão aos sítios e povoados de perto daqui e comprem alguma coisa para comer.

37 Mas Jesus respondeu:

— Deem vocês mesmos comida a eles.

Os discípulos disseram:

— Para comprarmos pão para toda esta gente, nós precisaríamos de duzentas moedas de prata .

38 Jesus perguntou:

— Quantos pães vocês têm? Vão ver.

Os discípulos foram ver e disseram:

— Temos cinco pães e dois peixes.

39 Então Jesus mandou o povo sentar-se em grupos na grama verde. 40 Todos se sentaram em grupos de cem e de cinquenta. 41 Aí Jesus pegou os cinco pães e os dois peixes, olhou para o céu e deu graças a Deus. Depois partiu os pães e os entregou aos discípulos para que eles distribuíssem ao povo. E também dividiu os dois peixes com todos. 42 Todos comeram e ficaram satisfeitos. 43 E os discípulos ainda recolheram doze cestos cheios de pedaços de pão e de peixe. 44 Foram cinco mil os homens que comeram os pães.

30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told him everything they had done and what they had taught.

31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while; for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

33 And many saw them departing and knew him and ran there afoot out of the cities and arrived before them and came together unto him.

34 And [Jesus], when he came out, saw a great multitude and had mercy on them because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him and said, This is a desert place, and now the time [is] far passed;

36 send them away that they may go into the country round about and into the villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.

37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said unto him, Shall we go and buy bread for two hundred denarius and give them to eat?

38 He said unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fishes.

39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves and gave [them] to his disciples to set before them, and the two fishes he divided among them all.

42 And they all ate and were filled.

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

44 And those that ate were five thousand men.