1 Depois disso, Jesus atravessou o mar da Galileia, conhecido também como mar de Tiberíades. 2 Uma grande multidão o seguia por toda parte, pois tinham visto os sinais que ele havia realizado ao curar os enfermos. 3 Então Jesus subiu a um monte e sentou-se com seus discípulos. 4 Era quase tempo da festa judaica da Páscoa. 5 Jesus logo viu uma grande multidão que vinha a seu encontro. Voltando-se para Filipe, perguntou: "Onde podemos comprar pão para alimentar toda essa gente?". 6 Disse isso para pôr Filipe à prova, pois já sabia o que ia fazer.

7 Filipe respondeu: "Mesmo que trabalhássemos vários meses, não teríamos dinheiro suficiente para dar alimento a todos!".

8 Então um de seus discípulos, André, irmão de Simão Pedro, falou: 9 "Aqui está um rapaz com cinco pães de cevada e dois peixes. Mas que adianta isso para tanta gente?".

10 Jesus respondeu: "Digam ao povo que se sente". Todos se sentaram na grama que cobria o monte. Só os homens eram cerca de cinco mil. 11 Então Jesus tomou os pães, agradeceu a Deus e os repartiu entre o povo. Em seguida, fez o mesmo com os peixes. E todos comeram à vontade. 12 Depois que todos estavam satisfeitos, Jesus disse a seus discípulos: "Agora juntem os pedaços que sobraram, para que nada se desperdice". 13 Eles juntaram o que restou e encheram doze cestos com as sobras.

14 Quando o povo viu Jesus fazer esse sinal, exclamou: "Sem dúvida ele é o profeta que haveria de vir ao mundo!".

1 After these things Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee of Tiberias.

2 And a great multitude followed him because they saw his signs, which he did on those who are infirmed.

3 And Jesus went up onto the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.

4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

5 Jesus therefore having lifted up his eyes, and having seen that a great multitude comes to him, he says to Philip, From where will we buy loaves, so that these may eat?

6 But he said this testing him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

7 Philip answered him, Loaves of two hundred denarii of bread are not sufficient for them, so that each of them may take a little something.

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, says to him,

9 There is one child here that has five barley loaves and two fishes, but what are these for so many?

10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the loaves, and having expressed thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fishes as much as they wanted.

12 And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, so that not anything may be lost.

13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves that remained over from those who have eaten.

14 When therefore the men saw what sign Jesus did, they said, This really is the prophet who comes into the world.