Mark 8:1-9

1In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

3If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.”

4His disciples answered him, “Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

5He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven.”

6Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

7They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

8Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

9There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.