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³²Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." ³³Then His disciples said to Him, "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?" ³⁴Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish." ³⁵So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. ³⁶And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. ³⁷So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. ³⁸Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

^٣٢وَأَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَدَعَا تَلَامِيذَهُ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أُشْفِقُ عَلَى ٱلْجَمْعِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْآنَ لَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَمْكُثُونَ مَعِي وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ. وَلَسْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَصْرِفَهُمْ صَائِمِينَ لِئَلَّا يُخَوِّرُوا فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ». ^٣٣فَقَالَ لَهُ تَلَامِيذُهُ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ خُبْزٌ بِهَذَا ٱلْمِقْدَارِ، حَتَّى يُشْبِعَ جَمْعًا هَذَا عَدَدُهُ؟». ^٣٤فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «كَمْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْخُبْزِ؟». فَقَالُوا: «سَبْعَةٌ وَقَلِيلٌ مِنْ صِغَارِ ٱلسَّمَكِ». ^٣٥فَأَمَرَ ٱلْجُمُوعَ أَنْ يَتَّكِئُوا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، ^٣٦وَأَخَذَ ٱلسَّبْعَ خُبْزَاتٍ وَٱلسَّمَكَ، وَشَكَرَ وَكَسَّرَ وَأَعْطَى تَلَامِيذَهُ، وَٱلتَّلَامِيذُ أَعْطَوْا ٱلْجَمْعَ. ^٣٧فَأَكَلَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ وَشَبِعُوا. ثُمَّ رَفَعُوا مَا فَضَلَ مِنَ ٱلْكِسَرِ سَبْعَةَ سِلَالٍ مَمْلُوءَةٍ، ^٣٨وَٱلْآكِلُونَ كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ مَا عَدَا ٱلنِّسَاءَ وَٱلْأَوْلَادَ.