Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



And when Jesus heard of it, he withdrew from that place, by ship, into a desert place apart: and the multitudes, when they heard of his departure, followed him, on foot, from the cities. And when Jesus came out, he saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion for them, and cured their sick. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, and said: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food. read more.
But Jesus said to them: They need not go away; do you give them food. They said to him: We have here but five loaves and two fishes. He said: Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass: and he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke, and gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the multitudes. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what remained of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And the apostles came together to Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. And he said to them: Come yourselves privately into a desert place, and rest awhile. For there were many coming and going, and they had not leisure even to eat. And they went away, by ship, into a desert place, privately. read more.
And many saw them departing, and recognized him; and they ran thither on foot from all the cities, and went before them, and came together to him. And when Jesus came out, he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, because they were as sheep that had no shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. And when much of the day was now spent, his disciples came to him, and said: This is a desert place, and much of the day is now spent; send them away, that they may go into the country and the villages round about, and buy bread for them selves: for they have nothing to eat. He answered and said to them: Do you give them food. And they said to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them food? He said to them: How many loaves have you? Go and see. And when they had learned, they said: Five, and two fishes. And he commanded them to make all recline in table parties upon the green grass. And they reclined in oblong squares, by hundreds, and by fifties. And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed; and he broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples to place before them. And he divided the two fishes among them all. And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces, and of the fishes. And those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.

And the apostles returned, and told him all "that they had done. And he took them, and withdrew privately to a desert place, that belonged to a city called Bethsaida. But the multitudes knew it, and followed him; and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. And the day began to decline; and the twelve came and said to him: Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and the country round about, and lodge, and find food; for we are here in a desert place. read more.
But he said to them: Do you give them food. They replied: We have nothing but five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people. For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them recline in companies of fifty. And they did so, and made them all recline. And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave them to the disciples, to set before the multitude. And they all ate, and were satisfied; and there was taken up what remained to them of the broken pieces, twelve baskets.

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they had seen the signs which he did in the case of the sick. And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his disciples. read more.
And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. Then Jesus, lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do. Philip answered him: Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, that each may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him: There is a lad here that has five barley loaves, and two little fishes; but what are these among so many? But Jesus said: Make die men recline. Now, there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks, distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who had reclined; and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they wished. And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples: Gather up the broken pieces which remain, that nothing be lost. Then they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the broken pieces of the five barley loaves, which remained after they had eaten. Then the men, after having seen the sign which Jesus did, said: This is, in truth, the prophet that was to come into the world.