Matthew 14:13-21

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Jesus Creates More Than Enough Bread And Fish To Feed 5000 Men

¹³ And having heard-of it ^[a], Jesus withdrew from there privately in a boat to a desolate place. And having heard-of it, the crowds followed Him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴ And having gone-out^[b], He saw a large crowd and felt-deep-feelings [of compassion] for them. And He cured their sick ones. ¹⁵ And having become evening^[c], the disciples came to Him saying, “This place is desolate and the hour already passed. Send-away the crowds in order that having gone away into the villages, they may buy themselves food”. ¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, “They have no need to go away— you give them something to eat”. ¹⁷ But the ones say to Him, “We do not have anything here except five loaves and two fish!” ¹⁸ But the One said, “Bring them here to Me”. ¹⁹ And having ordered the crowds to lie-back on the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He blessed^[d] them. And having broken them, He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. ²⁰ And they all ate and were filled-to-satisfaction. And they picked up the amount of the fragments being left over— twelve full baskets. ²¹ And the ones eating were about five-thousand men, apart from women and children.