Matthew 14:13-36, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-24 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 14:13-36

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

13 ^aNow when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself; and when the crowds heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14 And when He went ¹ashore, He ^asaw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and ^bhealed their sick.
15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already ¹late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!” 17 But they *said to Him, “We have here only ^afive loaves and two fish.” 18 And He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 And ordering the crowds to ¹sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^ablessed the food. And breaking the loaves, He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds, 20 and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full ^abaskets. 21 And there were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.

Jesus Walks on the Sea

22 ^aImmediately He ¹made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away. 23 And after He had sent the crowds away, ^aHe went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. 24 But the boat was already many ¹stadia away from the land, ²being battered by the waves; for the wind was ³^aagainst them. 25 And in ^athe ¹fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. 26 Now when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is ^aa ghost!” And they cried out ¹in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “^aTake courage, ¹it is I; ^bdo not be afraid.”
28 And Peter answered and said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” 29 And He said, “Come!” And getting out of the boat, Peter walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “^aYou of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind stopped. 33 And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are truly ^aGod’s Son!”
34 ^aAnd when they had crossed over, they came to land at ^bGennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place ¹recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick; 36 and they were pleading with Him that they might just touch ^athe fringe of His garment; and as many as ^btouched it were cured.

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 6:1-24

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.”

Jesus Walks on the Sea

15 So Jesus, knowing that they were going to come and take Him by force ^ato make Him king, ^bwithdrew again to ^cthe mountain by Himself alone.
16 Now when evening came, His ^adisciples went down to the sea, 17 and after getting into a boat, they began to cross the sea ^ato Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 And the sea *was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. 19 Then, when they had rowed about ¹twenty-five or thirty stadia, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened. 20 But He *said to them, ¹“It is I; ²^ado not be afraid.” 21 So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
22 On the next day, ^athe crowd which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus ^bhad not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other small boats came from ^aTiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ^bLord ^chad given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and ^acame to Capernaum seeking Jesus.