"They don't have to leave," answered Jesus. "You yourselves give them something to eat!"

"All we have here are five loaves and two fish," they replied.

The disciples asked him, "Where will we find enough food in this desert to feed this crowd?"

"How much bread do you have?" Jesus asked. "Seven loaves," they answered, "and a few small fish."

"You yourselves give them something to eat," Jesus answered. They asked, "Do you want us to go and spend two hundred silver coins on bread in order to feed them?"

Jesus then told his disciples to make all the people divide into groups and sit down on the green grass.

His disciples asked him, "Where in this desert can anyone find enough food to feed all these people?"

But Jesus said to them, "You yourselves give them something to eat." They answered, "All we have are five loaves and two fish. Do you want us to go and buy food for this whole crowd?"

"There is a boy here who has five loaves of barley bread and two fish. But they will certainly not be enough for all these people."

Everyone ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left over.

They all ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over.

Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, "Why are you discussing among yourselves about not having any bread? What little faith you have!

And what about the seven loaves for the four thousand men? How many baskets did you fill?

Everyone ate and had enough.

Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left of the bread and the fish.

"And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand people," asked Jesus, "how many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?" "Seven," they answered.

They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve baskets of what was left over.

Jesus took the bread, gave thanks to God, and distributed it to the people who were sitting there. He did the same with the fish, and they all had as much as they wanted.

So they gathered them all and filled twelve baskets with the pieces left over from the five barley loaves which the people had eaten.