While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. "Take and eat it," he said; "this is my body."

Then Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, and gave thanks to God. He broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them.

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.

Other boats, which were from Tiberias, came to shore near the place where the crowd had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

If I thank God for my food, why should anyone criticize me about food for which I give thanks?"

Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,