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 miracles which he performed on them that were diseased.

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

4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come to him, he saith to Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?

6 (And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.)

7 Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them make take a little:

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith to him,

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

10 And 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 them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would.

12 When they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain, that nothing may be lost.

13 Therefore they gathered them, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten.

14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus performed, said, This is truly that prophet that should come into the world.