1 Depois dessas coisas, Jesus atravessou o mar da Galileia, que é o de Tiberíades. 2 Uma grande multidão o seguia, porque tinham visto os sinais que ele fazia na cura dos enfermos. 3 Então Jesus subiu ao monte e sentou-se ali com os seus discípulos. 4 Ora, a Páscoa, festa dos judeus, estava próxima. 5 Então Jesus, erguendo os olhos e vendo que uma grande multidão se aproximava, disse a Filipe:

— Onde compraremos pão para lhes dar de comer?

6 Mas Jesus dizia isto para testá-lo, porque sabia o que estava para fazer. 7 Filipe respondeu:

— Nem mesmo duzentos denários de pão seriam suficientes para que cada um recebesse um pedaço.

8 Um dos discípulos, chamado André, irmão de Simão Pedro, disse a Jesus:

9 — Aqui está um menino que tem cinco pães de cevada e dois peixinhos. Mas o que é isto para tanta gente?

10 Jesus disse:

— Façam com que todos se assentem no chão.

Havia muita relva naquele lugar. Assim, os homens se assentaram, e eram quase cinco mil. 11 Então Jesus pegou os pães e, tendo dado graças, distribuiu-os entre eles; e também igualmente os peixes, tanto quanto queriam. 12 E, quando já estavam satisfeitos, Jesus disse aos seus discípulos:

— Recolham os pedaços que sobraram, para que nada se perca.

13 Assim, pois, o fizeram e encheram doze cestos de pedaços dos cinco pães de cevada, que sobraram depois que todos tinham comido.

14 Quando as pessoas viram o sinal que Jesus havia feito, disseram:

— Este é verdadeiramente o profeta que devia vir ao mundo.

1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),

2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.

3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.

4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"

6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

7 Philip answered him, "It would take more than half a year's wages "to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"

8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,

9 "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"

10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there).

11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."

13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world."