Mark 6:35-56 ▼

35 And when it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and began saying, “This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

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

38 And He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”

39 And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.

40 And they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.

41 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves. And He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them, and He divided up the two fish among them all.

42 And they all ate and were satisfied,

43 and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.

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

45 And immediately Jesus 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.

46 And after bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray.

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

48 And seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea; and He was intending to pass by them.

49 But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and cried out;

50 for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, “Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid.”

51 Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly amazed,

52 for they had not gained any insight about the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

53 And when they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

54 And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,

55 and ran about that whole region and began to carry here and there on their mats those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

56 And wherever He was entering villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and pleading with Him that they might just touch the fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were being saved from their sicknesses.