1 In those days, when a great crowd had gathered, and not having anything to eat, Jesus, having summoned His disciples and said to them,
2 I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been remaining with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
3 And if I dismiss them hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from a [great ]distance."
4 Then His disciples answered Him, "From where will anyone be able to satisfy these [people] with bread here in this deserted place?"
5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"And they said, "Seven."
6 So He commanded the crowd to recline on the ground. And He took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, He broke [them ]and was giving [them] to His disciples, so that they might set [them] before [the people]; and they set them before the crowd.
7 And they had a few small fish; and having blessed [them], He said to set them before [the people].
8 So they ate and were filled, and they took up an abundance of fragments, seven hampers [full].
9 Now those having eaten were about four thousand. And He dismissed them.