¹⁴ (About five thousand men were there.)

But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

⁴⁰ But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly^(A) way.

⁶ He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so.

³⁹ Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰ So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.