MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISHES
[Sidenote: St. Mark 6]
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. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great
multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed
their sick. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying,
This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude
away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. He
said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit
down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his
disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat,
and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve
baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men,
beside women and children.