^{32 Ref} And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

^{33 Ref} And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

^{34 Ref} And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.

^{35 Ref} Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,

^{36 Ref} And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

^{37 Ref} And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

³⁸ And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.