Saturday 5 March 2011

Miracle: Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand  (Mark 6: 30-43)

 30The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."
 32So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. 33But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
 35By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. "This is a remote place," they said, "and it's already very late. 36Send the people away so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
 37But he answered, "You give them something to eat."
      They said to him, "That would take eight months of a man's wages[e]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?"
 38"How many loaves do you have?" he asked. "Go and see."
      When they found out, they said, "Five—and two fish."
 39Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42They all ate and were satisfied, 43and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.


Yesus memberi makan lima ribu orang
Markus 6: 30-44
 30Kemudian rasul-rasul itu kembali berkumpul dengan Yesus dan memberitahukan kepada-Nya semua yang mereka kerjakan dan ajarkan.
 31Lalu Ia berkata kepada mereka: "Marilah ke tempat yang sunyi, supaya kita sendirian, dan beristirahatlah seketika!" Sebab memang begitu banyaknya orang yang datang dan yang pergi, sehingga makanpun mereka tidak sempat.

 32Maka berangkatlah mereka untuk mengasingkan diri dengan perahu ke tempat yang sunyi.
 33Tetapi pada waktu mereka bertolak banyak orang melihat mereka dan mengetahui tujuan mereka. Dengan mengambil jalan darat segeralah datang orang dari semua kota ke tempat itu sehingga mendahului mereka.
34Ketika Yesus mendarat, Ia melihat sejumlah besar orang banyak, maka tergeraklah hati-Nya oleh belas kasihan kepada mereka, karena mereka seperti domba yang tidak mempunyai gembala. Lalu mulailah Ia mengajarkan banyak hal kepada mereka.

35Pada waktu hari sudah mulai malam, datanglah murid-murid-Nya kepada-Nya dan berkata: "Tempat ini sunyi dan hari sudah mulai malam.
36Suruhlah mereka pergi, supaya mereka dapat membeli makanan di desa-desa dan di kampung-kampung di sekitar ini."

 37Tetapi jawab-Nya: "Kamu harus memberi mereka makan!" Kata mereka kepada-Nya: "Jadi haruskah kami membeli roti seharga dua ratus dinar untuk memberi mereka makan?"

 38Tetapi Ia berkata kepada mereka: "Berapa banyak roti yang ada padamu? Cobalah periksa!" Sesudah memeriksanya mereka berkata: "Lima roti dan dua ikan."

 39Lalu Ia menyuruh orang-orang itu, supaya semua duduk berkelompok-kelompok di atas rumput hijau.
40Maka duduklah mereka berkelompok-kelompok, ada yang seratus, ada yang lima puluh orang.
41Dan setelah Ia mengambil lima roti dan dua ikan itu, Ia menengadah ke langit dan mengucap berkat, lalu memecah-mecahkan roti itu dan memberikannya kepada murid-murid-Nya, supaya dibagi-bagikan kepada orang-orang itu; begitu juga kedua ikan itu dibagi-bagikan-Nya kepada semua mereka.
42Dan mereka semuanya makan sampai kenyang.
43Kemudian orang mengumpulkan potongan-potongan roti dua belas bakul penuh, selain dari pada sisa-sisa ikan.
44Yang ikut makan roti itu ada lima ribu orang laki-laki.



























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