Thematic Bible: The twelve apostles return; he goes to the desert, multitudes follow him; he feeds five thousand (at lake galilee)


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And Jesus, having heard it, withdrew thence, in a boat, into a desert, apart. And the multitudes, hearing of it, followed Him on foot from the cities. And Jesus, coming forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion over them, and healed their sick. And, evening coming on, the disciples came to Him, saying, "The place is desert, and the time already passed by: dismiss the multitudes, that, having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves." read more.
But Jesus said to them, "They have no need to go away. Give ye them to eat." And they say to Him, "We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes." And He said, "Bring them here to Me." And, having commanded the multitudes to recline on the grass??aking the five loaves and two fishes??ooking up into the heaven, He blessed; and, having broken, He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those eating were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And the apostles gather themselves together to Jesus; and they reported to Him all things, whatsoever they did, and whatsoever they taught. And He saith to them, "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest yourselves a little." For there were many coming and going, and they were not finding opportunity even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a desert place apart. read more.
And the people saw them going on their way, and many knew them, and they ran together there on foot from all the cities, and outwent them. And, coming forth, He saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. And, the hour being already late, His disciples, coming to Him, said, "The place is desert, and the hour is already late; send them away, that, having gone into the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy themselves something to eat." But He saith to them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said to Him, "Going, shall we buy two hundred denaries worth of loaves, and give them to eat?" But He saith to them, "How many loaves have ye? go and see." And, having ascertained, they say, "Five, and two fishes." And He commanded that all should recline by companies on the grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and fifties. And, taking the five loaves and two fishes, looking up to Heaven, He blessed, and broke up the loaves, and kept giving to the disciples to set before them; and He divided the two fishes among them all. And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and from the fishes. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

And the apostles, having returned, related to Him what they did. And, taking them with Him, He retired privately to a city called Bethsaida. But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed Him; and, having welcomed them, He was speaking to them concerning the Kingdom of God, and those having need of cure He healed. And the day began to decline. And the twelve, coming near, said to Him, "Send away the multitudes; that, going into the villages and country round about, they may lodge and find food; because we are here in a desert place." read more.
But He said to them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless we, going, should buy food for all this people." (For they were about five thousand men). And He said to His disciples, "Make them recline in companies of about fifty each." And they did so, and made them all recline. And, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up into Heaven, He blessed them, and broke, and kept giving to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they ate, and were all filled. And there was taken up that which remained to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

After these things Jesus went away, beyond the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude was following Him, because they were beholding the signs which He was doing on the sick. And Jesus went up into the mountain, and was sitting there with His disciples. read more.
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. Jesus, therefore, lifting up His eyes, and seeing that a great multitude is coming to Him, saith to Philip, "Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" And this He said, proving him; for He Himself knew what He was about to do. Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denaries worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little." One of His disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to Him, "There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but what are these among so many?" Jesus said, "Make the men recline." Now there was much grass in the place. The men, therefore, reclined, in number about five thousand. Jesus, therefore, took the loaves; and, having given thanks, He distributed to those reclining; and likewise of the fishes as much as they wished. And, when they were filled, He saith to His disciples, "Gather up the pieces that remain over, that nothing be lost." So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over to those who had eaten. The men, therefore, seeing the sign that He did, said, "This, truly, is the Prophet Who cometh into the world."