NARRATOR: Jesus spoke to the crowds of the reign of God, and he healed all who were in need of healing. As sunset approached, the twelve came to him.
TWELVE: Dismiss the crowd so that they can go into the villages and farms in the neighborhood and find themselves lodging and food, for this is certainly an out-of-the-way place.
JESUS: Why don’t you give them something to eat yourselves?
TWELVE: We have nothing but five loaves and two fishes. Shall we go and buy food for all these people?
NARRATOR: There were about five thousand men.
JESUS: Have them sit down in groups of fifty or so.
NARRATOR: Jesus’ disciples followed his instructions and got the people all seated. Then, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven, pronounced a blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to his disciples for distribution to the crowd. They all ate until they had enough. What was left filled twelve baskets.
Luke 9.11-17
Sunday Readings: Genesis 14.18-20, 1 Corinthians 11.23-26, Luke 9.11-17