Luke 9:12-17 Part 3 of 4

Late in the afternoon the twelve disciples came to him and said, "Send the crowds away to the nearby villages and farms, so they can find food and lodging for the night. There is nothing to eat here in this remote place." But Jesus said, "You feed them."  "But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish," they answered. "Or are you expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?" For there were about 5,000 men there. Jesus replied, "Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each. So the people all sat down. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people. They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!

For there were about 5,000 men there. Jesus replied, "Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each. So the people all sat down.

Matthew 14:19a  Then he told the people to sit down on the grass.

Mark 6:39-40  Then Jesus told the disciples to have the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of fifty or a hundred.

John 6:10  "Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.)

Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. 

Matthew 14:19b  Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them.

Mark 6:41a  Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them.

John 6:11a  Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, ...

Then breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people. 

Matthew 14:19c  Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave the bread to the disciples, who distributed it to the people.

Mark 6:41b  Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people. He also divided the fish for everyone to share.

John 6:11b  ... and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish.

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