Jesus Feeds 5000

133	FEEDING 5000
Matt 14		Mark 6		Luke 9
				12	Now the day began
15	When it was evening,	35	And when it grew late,		to wear away;
	the disciples came to him		his disciples came to him		and the twelve came
	<saying>,		and said,		and said to him,
	"This is a lonely place,*		"This is a lonely place,*
	and the day is now over;		and the hour is now late;
	send the crowds away	36	send them away,		"Send the crowd away,
	to go into the		to go into the country*		to go into the villages*
	villages		and villages* round about		and country* round about,
					to lodge
	and buy		and buy themselves		and get
	food for themselves."		something to eat."		provisions;
					for we are here
					in a lonely place."*
16	Jesus said,	37	But he answered them,	13	But he said to them,
	"They need not go away;
	you give them		"You give them		"You give them
	something to eat."		something to eat."		something to eat."
17	They <say> to him,		And they <say> to him,		They said
			"Shall we go and buy*		[see below]
			two hundred denarii
			worth of bread,
			and give it to them
			to eat?"
		38	And he <says> to them,
			"How many loaves
			have* you?
			Go and see."
			And when
			they had found out,
			they <say>
	"We have* only				"We have* no more than
	five loaves here		"Five,		five loaves
	and two fish."		and two fish."		and two fish --
			[see Mark 6:37 above]		unless we are to go*
					and buy* food
					for all these people."
	[see Matt 14:21 below]		[see Mark 6:44 below]	14	For there were about.*
					five thousand men.*
18	And he said,				And he said to his disciples,
	"Bring them here to me."
19	Then	39	Then
	he ordered the crowds		he commanded them all
	to sit down		to sit down		"Make them sit down
			by parties		in companies,
					about fifty* each."
	on the grass;		upon the green grass.
				15	And they did so,
		40	So they sat down		and made them all sit down.
			in groups,
			by hundreds
			and by fifties.*
	and taking	41	And taking	16	And taking
	the five loaves		the five loaves		the five loaves
	and the two fish		and the two fish		and the two fish
	he looked up to heaven,		he looked up to heaven,		he looked up to heaven,
	and blessed,		and blessed,		and blessed
	and broke		and broke the loaves,*		and broke them,
	and gave the loaves*		and gave them		and gave them
	to the disciples,		to the disciples		to the disciples
	and the disciples
	gave them		to set		to set
	to the crowds.		before the people;		before the crowd.
			and he divided
			the two fish
			among them all.
20	And they all ate	42	And they all ate	17	And all ate
	and were satisfied.		and were satisfied.		and were satisfied.
	And they took up	43	And they took up		And they took up
					what was left over,*
	twelve baskets full		twelve baskets full		twelve baskets
	of the broken pieces		of the broken pieces		of the broken pieces.
	left over.*
			and of the fish.
21	And those who ate	44	And those who ate
	were about*		the loaves were*		[see Luke 9:14 above]
	five thousand men,*		five thousand men.*
	besides women
	and children.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
Copyright © 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

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Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order
<say>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
133	Sequence in synoptic outlines