8 Another time there was a large crowd again with nothing to eat. Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) called his apprentices and told them, 2 “I feel sorry for all these people because they’ve already been with us for three days and haven’t had anything to eat. 3 I can’t send them home because they’re too weak to walk, and some have a long way to go.”

4 ⇔“Where could anyone find enough food out here in the wilderness?” his apprentices queried.

5 “How much bread have you all got?” he asked.

“Seven buns,” they answered.

6 So Yeshua instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven buns, gave thanks and pulled them apart, giving pieces to his apprentices to then distribute to the crowd. 7 They also had a few small cooked fish, so he blessed them too and got them to distribute them as well. 8 After all the people had eaten and were full, they collected seven basketfuls of leftovers. 9 There were some four thousand people there that day, and Yeshua sent them home after they’d eaten. 10 Then he and his apprentices climbed into the boat and headed for the Dalmanoutha region.