Luke 9:4-14

4 And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.

5 And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town ¹shake off the dust from your feet ²as a testimony ³against them."

6 ⁴And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

Herod Is Perplexed by Jesus

7 ⁵Now ⁶Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that ⁷John had been raised from the dead,

8 ⁸by some that Elijah had appeared, and ⁹by others that one of the prophets of old had risen.

9 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And ¹⁰he sought to see him.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

10 On their return ¹¹the apostles told him all that they had done. ¹²And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

11 When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he ¹³welcomed them and ¹⁴spoke to them of the kingdom of God and ¹⁵cured those who had need of healing.

12 Now ¹⁶the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, ¹⁷"Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place."

13 But he said to them, ¹⁸"You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than ¹⁹five loaves and two fish--unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."

14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."