Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-14 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Mark 6:30-44

30 ^aAnd the ^bapostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. 31 And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and ^athey did not even have time to eat.) 32 ^aAnd they went away in ^bthe boat to a desolate place by themselves.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

33 And the people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. 34 And when Jesus went ¹ashore, He ^asaw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^bthey were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. 35 And when it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and began saying, “¹This place is desolate and it is already quite late; 36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ¹something to eat.” 37 But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat!” ^aAnd they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred ¹^bdenarii on bread and give them something to eat?” 38 And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.” 39 And He commanded them all to ¹sit down by ²groups on the green grass. 40 And they ¹sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. 41 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^ablessed the food and broke the loaves. And He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them, and He divided up the two fish among them all. 42 And they all ate and were satisfied, 43 and they picked up twelve full ^abaskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. 44 And there were ^afive thousand men who ate the loaves.

Luke 9:10-17

10 ^aAnd when the apostles returned, they recounted to Him all that they had done. ^bTaking them with Him, He slipped away by Himself to a city called ^cBethsaida. 11 But when the crowds became aware of this, they followed Him; and welcoming them, He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God and curing those who had need of healing.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

12 Now the day ¹was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and obtain lodging and find provisions, for here we are in a desolate place.” 13 But He said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people.” 14 (For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, “Have them ¹sit down ^ain groups of about fifty each.” 15 And they did so, and had them all ¹sit down. 16 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them. And He broke them and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 And they all ate and were satisfied; and ¹the broken pieces which they had left over were picked up, twelve ^abaskets full.

John 6:1-14

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

After these things ^aJesus went away to the other side of ^bthe Sea of Galilee (or ^cTiberias). 2 Now a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing the ¹^asigns which He was doing on those who were sick. 3 Then ^aJesus went up on the mountain, and there He was sitting down with His disciples. 4 Now ^athe Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to ^aPhilip, “Where should we buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 And this He was saying to ^atest him, for He Himself knew what He was going to do. 7 ^aPhilip answered Him, “^bTwo hundred ¹denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.” 8 One of His ^adisciples, ^bAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two ^afish, but what are these for so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people ¹sit down.” Now there was ^amuch grass in the place. So the men ¹sat down, in number about ^bfive thousand. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and ^ahaving given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; likewise also of the ^bfish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they were filled, He *said to His ^adisciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve ^abaskets with pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. 14 Therefore when the people saw the ¹sign which He had done, they were saying, “This is truly the ^aProphet who is to come into the world.”