2. I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3. And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for some of them came from far.
4. And his disciples answered him, From where can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the desert?
5. And he asked them,
6. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
7. And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
8. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken fragments that were left seven baskets.
9. And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
10. And immediately he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11. And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, testing him.
12. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said,