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The Feeding of the Five Thousand Mt.14.13-21

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13Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν ἐν πλοίῳ εἰς ἐρημον τόπον κατ' ἰδίαν· καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὀχλοι ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ πεζῇ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων. WHEN HE HEARD what had happened Jesus withdrew privately by boat to a lonely place; but people heard of it, and came after him in crowds by land from the towns.The Feeding of the Five Thousand Mt.14.13-21 | Mk.6.30-44 | Lk.9.10-17 | Jn.6.1-14
14καὶ ἐξελθὼν εἶδεν πολὺν ὀχλον, καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ' αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν τοὺς ἀρρώστους αὐτῶν. When he came ashore, he saw a great crowd; his heart went out to them, and he cured those of them who were sick. 
15ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ λέγοντες, Ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος καὶ ἡ ὡρα ἠδη παρῆλθεν· ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ὀχλους, ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑα υτοῖς βρώματα. When it grew late the disciples came up to him and said, 'This is a lonely place, and the day has gone; send the people off to the villages ie to buy themselves food.' 
16ὁ δὲ [Ἰησοῦς] εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐ χρείαν ἐχουσιν ἀπελθεῖν· δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. He answered, 'There is no need for them to go; give them something to eat yourselves.' 
17οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Οὐκ ἐχομεν ὧδε εἰ μὴ πέντε ἀρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας. 'All we have here', they said, 'is five loaves and two fishes.' 
18ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Φέρετέ μοι ὧδε αὐτούς. 'Let me have them', he replied. 
19καὶ κελεύσας τοὺς ὀχλους ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῦ χόρτου, λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἀρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εὐλόγησεν καὶ κλάσας ἐδωκεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς το ὺς ἀρτους οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ το ὄχλοις. So he told the people to sit down on the grass; then, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples; and the disciples gave them to the people. 
20καὶ ἐφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν, καὶ ἦραν τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις. They all ate to their hearts' content; and the scraps left over, which they picked up, were enough to fill twelve great baskets. 
21οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν ἀνδρες ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων. Some five thousand men shared in this meal, to say nothing of women and children.
 

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