1 In those days there was again a large crowd, and they did not have anything they could eat. Summoning the disciples, he said to them,
2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat.
3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes they will give out on the way, and some of them have come from far away.”
4 And his disciples answered him, “Where is anyone able to feed these people with bread here in the desert?”
5 And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” So they said, “Seven.”
6 And he commanded the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, after he had given thanks he broke them and began giving them to his disciples so that they could set them before them. And they set them before the crowd.