John 6:10
"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the men, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,
Matthew 14:18-19
"Bring them here to me," was his reply.
Matthew 15:35-36
Telling the crowd to sit down on the ground,
Mark 6:39-41
Jesus directed them to make all the people take their seats on the green grass, in parties;
Mark 8:6-7
Jesus told the crowd to sit down upon the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out; and they served them out to the crowd.
Luke 9:14-16
(For the men among them were about five thousand.) "Get them seated in companies," was his reply, "about fifty in each."