Mark 6:30-53

30The twelve emissaries gathered together with Yeshua, and they reported to Him all they had done and taught.

31There were many coming and going, and they had no time even to eat. So He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to an isolated place and rest awhile.”

32So they left privately by boat to an isolated place.

33However, the people saw them leaving, and many recognized them. They ran on foot from all the towns to get there ahead of them.

34As Yeshua came ashore, He saw a large crowd and felt compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So He taught them many things.

35When it was already late, His disciples came to Him and said, “This place is isolated, and the hour is already late.

36Send these people away so they can go into the nearby countryside and the villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said to Him, “Should we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread to give them something to eat?”

38Then He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”

39Then Yeshua made them all sit down in groups on the green grass.

40So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.

41And He took the five loaves and the two fish; and looking up to heaven, He offered the bracha. He broke the loaves and kept giving them to the disciples to serve to the people; and He divided the two fish among them all.

42They all ate and were satisfied,

43and the disciples picked up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and fish.

44Now there were five thousand men who ate the loaves.

45Right away, Yeshua made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

46After leaving them, He went up on the hillside to pray.

47And when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and He was alone on the land.

48He saw the disciples struggling to row, for the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch in the night, Yeshua comes to them, walking on the sea; and He wanted to pass by them.

49But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought He was a ghost and cried out—

50for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately, He spoke to them. He said, “Take courage! I am. Do not be afraid.”

51Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped. They were utterly dumbfounded,

52for they still hadn’t understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.

53After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and set anchor there.