Luke 9:12 Cross References - NSB

¹² As the day wore on the twelve came to him and said: »Send the people away, that they may go into the villages and country nearby to find lodging and get food, for we are here in a lonely place.«

¹⁹ Then they spoke against God. They said: Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? ²⁰ Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, and streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide meat for His people?

²⁵ »‘»I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

⁵ »I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.

¹⁵ Evening came and the disciples approached Jesus and said: »This place is desolate. Send the people away so they may go to the villages and buy themselves food.« ¹⁶ Jesus told them: »They have no need to go away: you feed them.« ¹⁷ They remarked: »We have only five loaves, and two fishes.« ¹⁸ »Bring them to me,« Jesus replied. ¹⁹ He commanded the crowd to sit down on the grass. Then he prayed. He gave the five loaves and two fishes to the disciples to distribute to the crowd. ²⁰ And they all had plenty to eat. In fact they had twelve baskets full of food left over. ²¹ About five thousand men, plus women and children ate.

²³ He did not answer her. His disciples said to him: »Send her away; she keeps shouting at us.«

³² Jesus called his disciples and said: »I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.«

³⁵ Late in the day his disciples approached him. They said: »The day is almost over and we are in a secluded place. ³⁶ »Send them away that they may go to the country and villages nearby and buy themselves something to eat.« ³⁷ He replied: »You give them food to eat.« They asked: »Should we buy two hundred shillings’ worth of bread to feed them?« ³⁸ He said« »Find out how many loaves you have? When they knew they said« »Five loaves and two fishes.« ³⁹ He commanded them to sit down by groups upon the green grass. ⁴⁰ They sat down in groups of hundreds, and fifties. ⁴¹ Then he looked up to heaven and blessed the food. He took the five loaves and the two fishes, and broke the loaves into pieces and gave them to his disciples. He also divided the two fishes. He gave the food to his disciples to serve to the people. ⁴² They all ate and were filled. ⁴³ They collected twelve baskets full of broken pieces of bread and fishes. ⁴⁴ Five thousand men ate.

¹ After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

⁵ Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming to him. He asked Philip: »Where will we buy enough bread to feed them?« ⁶ He said this to test him for he knew what he would do. ⁷ Philip answered: »Two hundred shillings’ worth of bread is not sufficient for everyone to take a little.« ⁸ Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, one of his disciples said: ⁹ »There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish. What are these among so many?« ¹⁰ Jesus said: »Make the people sit down.« There were about five thousand men who sat down on the grass. ¹¹ Jesus gave thanks and then he distributed the loaves along with the fish to those sitting on the grass. ¹² When they were filled he told the disciples to gather up the broken pieces left over so nothing would be wasted. ¹³ They gathered twelve baskets of leftovers after everyone had eaten. ¹⁴ When the people saw the miracle performed they said: »Truly this is the prophet who came into the world.« ¹⁵ Jesus knew that they were about to take him by force and make him king. So he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.