^{15 Ref} And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

^{16 Ref} But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

^{17 Ref} And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

¹⁸ And he said, Give them to me.

^{19 Ref} And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

^{20 Ref} And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

^{21 Ref} And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

^{22 Ref} And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.