Matthew 14:13-21

13When Jesus heard about John, He left there privately in a boat and went to a secluded place. But when the crowds heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

14When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt [profound] compassion for them and healed their sick.

15When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is an isolated place and the hour is already late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

16But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”

17They replied, “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish.”

18He said, “Bring them here to Me.”

19Then He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up toward heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people,

20and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up twelve full baskets of the leftover broken pieces.

21There were about 5,000 men who ate, besides women and children.