Mark 8:1-10

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 8

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand.^{[a] 1} In those days, a great crowd had again assembled, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, ² “I am moved with compassion for these people, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. ³ If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way—and some of them have come from far off.”

⁴ His disciples replied, “How can anyone find enough bread here in this deserted place to feed these men?” ⁵ He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven.”

⁶ Jesus ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the people. ⁷ There were also a few small fish, and after blessing them he commanded that these too should be distributed. ⁸ They ate and were satisfied. Afterward, the disciples picked up the fragments left over—seven full baskets. ⁹ The people there numbered about four thousand. And when he had sent them away, ¹⁰ he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.^[b]