⁶ So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd. ⁷ They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish^[a] should also be distributed. ⁸ The people^[b] ate and were filled. Then the disciples^[c] picked up the leftover pieces—seven large baskets full.