Feeding of the Five Thousand

¹³ When Jesus heard about it,^(A) he withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed him on foot from the towns.

Preaching in Galilee

³⁵ Very^(A) early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place;^(B) and there he was praying.^{(C) 36} Simon^(D) and his companions searched for him, ³⁷ and when they found him they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”

³⁸ And he said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach^(E) there too. This is why I have come.”

⁴⁵ Yet he went out and began to proclaim^(A) it widely and to spread the news,^(B) with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But he was out in deserted places, and they came to him from everywhere.

³¹ He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

³² So they went away in the boat by themselves to a remote place,

¹² Late in the day,^(A) the Twelve approached and said to him, “Send the crowd away,^(B) so that they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”