Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass for everyone to sit on. Only counting the men, there were about 5,000 in the crowd.
“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples. They passed them out to the people.
