Luke 9:6-21

⁶And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.

⁷And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

⁸and by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;

⁹and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

¹⁰And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

¹¹and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

¹²And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, 'Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

¹³And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

¹⁴for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, 'Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'

¹⁵and they did so, and made all to recline;

¹⁶and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

¹⁷and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

¹⁸And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, 'Who do the multitudes say me to be?'

¹⁹And they answering said, 'John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'

²⁰and he said to them, 'And ye — who do ye say me to be?' and Peter answering said, 'The Christ of God.'

²¹And having charged them, he commanded them to say this to no one,