³⁵ Jesus Proclaims the Message and Heals the Sick. Early the next morning, long before dawn, he arose and went off to a secluded place, where he prayed.

⁴¹ Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples to distribute among the people. He also divided the two fish among them. ⁴² They all ate and were satisfied. ⁴³ Then they gathered up the fragments of the bread and fish—twelve full baskets.^{[a] 44} Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.

⁴⁵ Jesus Walks on the Water.^[b] Immediately afterward, Jesus instructed his disciples to get into the boat and to go on ahead to Bethsaida on the other side of the lake while he dismissed the crowd. ⁴⁶ And when he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.