The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

When day broke he went away out to a lonely spot, but the crowds made inquiries about him, came to where he was, and tried to keep him from leaving them.

He answered them, "I must preach the glad news of the Reign of God to the other towns as well, for that is what I was sent to do."

And when they did so, they enclosed a huge shoal of fish, so that their nets began to break.

and when day broke he summoned his disciples, choosing twelve of them, to whom he gave the name of 'apostles':

He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me."

When day broke, the elders of the people all met along with the high priests and scribes, and had him brought before their Sanhedrin. They said to him,

And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

Then they related their own experience on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the loaf.