Mark 6:33-43

33 And the people saw them departing , and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

34 And Jesus, when he came out , saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said * , This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

36 Send them away , that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat .

37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat . And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat ?

38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye ? go and see . And when they knew , they say , Five, and two fishes.

39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies * upon the green grass.

40 And they sat down in ranks *, by hundreds, and by fifties.

41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed , and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

42 And they did all eat , and were filled .

43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

Footnotes

• [a]. pennyworth: the Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny