Jesus went over the lake of Gennesaret to a desert place, and when the
people saw it they hurried after Him by land. When evening had come, His
disciples came to Him and said: The place is desert, and the day is now
far spent; send the people away, that they may go to the villages round
about and buy themselves food. Jesus answered: Give ye them to eat. They
said: We have five loaves of bread and two fishes; but what are they
among so many? But Jesus let the people sit down on the grass, took the
five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, He blessed,
and brake them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples set
before them. And they did all eat, and were filled. And Jesus said unto
the disciples: Gather up the broken pieces, that nothing be lost. They
gathered up twelve basketfuls. And they that ate the loaves were five
thousand men besides women and children. (Mark 6:32-44.)