Mark 8 (New Century Version)  View In My Bible 1 Another time
there was a great crowd with Jesus that had nothing to eat. So
Jesus called his followers and said, 2 "I feel sorry for these
people, because they have already been with me for three days,
and they have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they
will faint on the way. Some of them live a long way from here."
4 Jesus' followers answered, "How can we get enough bread to
feed all these people? We are far away from any town." 5 Jesus
asked, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They answered,
"Seven." 6 Jesus told the people to sit on the ground. Then he
took the seven loaves, gave thanks to God, and divided the
bread. He gave the pieces to his followers to give to the
people, and they did so. 7 The followers also had a few small
fish. After Jesus gave thanks for the fish, he told his
followers to give them to the people also. 8 All the people ate
and were satisfied. Then his followers filled seven baskets with
the leftover pieces of food. 9