Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”
So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.
For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”
Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.