⁹ “There is a boy here who has five ^(A)barley loaves and two fish, but ^(B)what are they for so many?”

⁴² A man came from ^(A)Baal-shalishah, ^(B)bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, ^(C)“Give to the men, that they may eat.” ⁴³ But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’” ⁴⁴ So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the Lord.

¹³ But he said to them, ^(A)“You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than ^(B)five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.”

³⁸ And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, ^(A)“Five, and two fish.”

¹⁷ They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”

¹⁹ When I broke ^(A)the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”

^9 (A)Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember ^(B)the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ^(A)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.