Bible Cross References
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Matthew 14:1
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report [about] Jesus,
Matthew 14:2
and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."
Matthew 10:23
But whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly I say to you, by no means will you have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 12:15
But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them all.
Mark 6:30-33
30
Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and they reported to Him all things, both everything they had done and everything they had taught.
31
And He said to them, "Come you yourselves privately to a deserted place and rest a little." For there were many coming and going, and they were not even finding opportunity to eat.
32
And they went away to a deserted place in the boat privately.
33
But the multitudes saw them going, and many recognized Him, and ran together there on foot from all the cities, and preceded them, and they came together to Him.
Luke 9:10-17
10
And the apostles, when they had returned, recounted to Him all that they had done. And taking them along, He withdrew privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
11
But when the crowds found out, they followed Him; and He welcomed them, and was speaking to them about the kingdom of God, and He cured those who needed healing.
12
Now when the day began to decline, the twelve came and said to Him, "Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and they may find lodging and find provisions; for we are in a deserted place here."
13
But He said to them, "You give them [something] to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people."
14
For there were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, "Make them recline in groups of fifty."
15
And they did so, and made them all recline.
16
And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
17
So they all ate and were satisfied, and twelve baskets of the remaining fragments were taken up by them.
John 6:1-15
1
After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, that is, of Tiberias.
2
And a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing His signs which He was doing upon those who were sick.
3
And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.
4
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
5
Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread, that these [people] may eat?"
6
But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He was about to do.
7
Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii [worth of] bread is not enough for them, that each of them might receive a little."
8
One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,
9
There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they for so many?"
10
Then Jesus said, "Make the people to recline." Now there was much grass in that place. Therefore the men reclined, in number about five thousand.
11
And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were reclining; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wished.
12
But when they were filled, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, so that nothing may be lost."
13
Therefore they gathered [them] up, and they filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
14
Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world."
15
Therefore Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and seize Him, that they might make Him king, withdrew to the mountain by Himself.