¹⁵ When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”

³⁵ And [immediately] the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. ^36 [a]He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it. ³⁷ They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and [the] mute speak.”^(A)

¹² As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve approached him and said, “Dismiss the crowd so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms and find lodging and provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.” ^13 (A)He said to them, “Give them some food yourselves.” They replied, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have, unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴ Now the men there numbered about five thousand. Then he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of [about] fifty.” ¹⁵ They did so and made them all sit down. ¹⁶ Then taking^[a] the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.^{(B) 17} They all ate and were satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.

Peter’s Confession About Jesus.^[b]

^5 [a]When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip,^(A) “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” ^6 [b]He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. ⁷ Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages^[c] worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little [bit].”^{(B) 8} One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, ⁹ “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves^[d] and two fish; but what good are these for so many?”^{(C) 10} Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass^[e] in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.^{(D) 11} Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted.^{(E) 12} When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” ¹³ So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets^[f] with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat.

⁹ cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you.’^(A)

Return of the Seventy-two. ¹⁷ The seventy[-two] returned rejoicing, and said, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.”