Luke 9:6-21

⁶And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

⁷Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

⁸And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.

⁹And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

¹⁰And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

¹¹But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and he was pleased to see them, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God, and made those well who were in need of it.

¹²And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

¹³But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

¹⁴For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.

¹⁵And they did so, and made them all be seated.

¹⁶And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

¹⁷And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

¹⁸And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?

¹⁹And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

²⁰And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God.

²¹But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any man;