Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³⁵ And already having become a late hour, having come to Him, His disciples were saying that “This place is desolate, and it is already a late hour. ³⁶ Send them away in order that having gone away into the surrounding farms and villages, they may buy themselves what they may eat”. ³⁷ But the One, having responded, said to them, “You give them something to eat”. And they say to Him, “Should we, having gone away, buy loaves worth two-hundred denarii^[a] and give them something to eat?” ³⁸ And the One says to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go, see!” And having come-to-know, they say “Five, and two fish”. ³⁹ And He commanded them to make everyone lie-back party by party on the green^[b] grass. ⁴⁰ And they fell-back grouping by grouping, by hundreds and by fifties. ⁴¹ And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He blessed them^[c], and broke the loaves in pieces, and was giving them to His disciples in order that they might be setting it before them. And He divided the two fish to everyone. ⁴² And they all ate and were filled-to-satisfaction. ⁴³ And they picked up fragments— the fillings of twelve baskets, and from the fish. ⁴⁴ And the ones having eaten the loaves were five-thousand men^[d].