Luke 9:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² When evening was approaching, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Send the people away now so that they can go to the villages and farms in the area and obtain food and lodging, for we are in a deserted place.” ¹³ He replied, “Give them something to eat yourselves.” They said, “All we have are five loaves and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴ For there were present about five thousand men.

Then he instructed his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty.” Read full chapter