Mark 6:37-54

³⁷But he replied, “ No, you yourselves give them something to eat!” They replied, “◄We could not buy enough bread to feed this crowd, even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days!/How could we buy enough bread to feed this mob, even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days?►” RHQ

³⁸But he replied to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!” They went and found out and then they told him, “We have only five flat loaves and two cooked fish!”

³⁹He instructed the disciples to tell all the people to sit down on the green grass.

⁴⁰So the people sat in groups. There were 50 people in some groups and 100 people in other groups.

⁴¹Jesus took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked God for them. Then he broke the loaves and fish into pieces and kept giving them to the disciples in order that they would distribute them to the people.

⁴²Everyone ate this food until they all had enough to eat!

⁴³The disciples then collected twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and of the fish that were left over.

⁴⁴There were approximately five thousand men who ate the bread and fish. They did not even count the women and children.

⁴⁵Right away Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and then go ahead of him to Bethsaida town, which was further around Lake Galilee. He stayed and dismissed the many people who were there.

⁴⁶After he said goodbye to the people, he went up into the hills in order to pray.

⁴⁷When it was evening, the disciples' boat was in the middle of the lake and Jesus was by himself on the land.

⁴⁸He saw that the wind was blowing against them as they rowed. As a result, they were having great difficulty. He approached them early in the morning, when it was still dark, by walking on the water. He intended to walk by them.

⁴⁹They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed

⁵⁰because they all were terrified when they saw him. But he talked to them. He said to them, “Be calm! Do not be afraid, because it is I!”

⁵¹He got into the boat and sat down with them and the wind immediately stopped blowing. They were completely amazed about what he had done.

⁵²Although they had seen Jesus multiply the bread and the fish, they did not understand from that how powerful he was, as they should have. They did not think clearly about it.

⁵³After they went further around Lake Galilee in a boat, they came to the shore at Gennesaret town. Then they tied up the boat there.

⁵⁴As soon as they got out of the boat, the people there recognized Jesus.