Matthew(i)
1 In those dayes when there was a very great company, and had nothinge to eate. Iesus called his disciples to hym and sayde vnto them:
2 I haue compassion on this people, because they haue nowe bene with me thre dayes, and haue nothing to eate.
3 And if I shoulde send them away fastynge to theyr owne houses, they should faynte by the waye. For diuers of them came from farre.
4 And his disciples aunswered him: wher might a man haue bread here in the wildernes to satisfie these?
5 And he asked them: how many loues haue ye? They sayde seuen.
6 And he commaunded the people to sit doune on the grounde. And he toke the seuen loues, gaue thankes, brake, & gaue to his disciples to set before them. And they did set them before the people.
7 And they had a few small fishes. And he blessed them and commaunded them also to be set before them:
8 And they ate and were suffised. And they toke vp of the broken meate that was left seuen baskettes full.
9 And they that eate were in numbre about foure thousande. And he sent them awaye.