10 Quando os apóstolos voltaram, contaram a Jesus tudo que tinham feito. Em seguida, Jesus se retirou para a cidade de Betsaida, a fim de estar a sós com eles. 11 As multidões descobriram seu paradeiro e o seguiram. Ele as recebeu, ensinou-lhes a respeito do reino de Deus e curou os que estavam enfermos.

12 No fim da tarde, os Doze se aproximaram e lhe disseram: "Mande as multidões aos povoados e campos vizinhos, para que encontrem comida e abrigo para passar a noite, pois estamos num lugar isolado".

13 Jesus, porém, disse: "Providenciem vocês mesmos alimento para eles".

"Temos apenas cinco pães e dois peixes", responderam. "Ou o senhor espera que compremos comida para todo esse povo?" 14 Havia ali cerca de cinco mil homens.

Jesus respondeu: "Digam a eles que se sentem em grupos de cinquenta". 15 Os discípulos seguiram sua instrução, e todos se sentaram. 16 Jesus tomou os cinco pães e os dois peixes, olhou para o céu e os abençoou. Então, partiu-os em pedaços e os entregou aos discípulos para que distribuíssem ao povo. 17 Todos comeram à vontade, e os discípulos encheram ainda doze cestos com as sobras.

10 The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them away with him privately to a city called Bethsaida.

11 But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

12 As the day was drawing to a close, the twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, for we are here in a deserted place."

13 But he said to them,"You give them something to eat."They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all these people."

14 Now there were about 5,000 men. So he said to his disciples,"Have them sit down in groups of about fifty."

15 They did this and got all of them seated.

16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to the disciples to pass on to the crowd.

17 All of them ate and were filled. When they collected the leftover pieces, there were twelve baskets.