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譯本參照AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本

13. Now after hearing this, Jesus departed from there by ship into a wilderness place apart. But when the multitudes heard that He had left, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

14. And after going out, Jesus saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion toward them, and healed their sick.

15. Now when evening was approaching, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This place is a wilderness, and the time to eat has already passed; dismiss the multitude so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

16. But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17. But they said to Him, “We do not have anything here except five loaves and two fish.”

18. And He said to them, “Bring them here to Me.”

19. And He commanded the multitude to sit on the grass. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish; and looking up into heaven, He blessed them; and He broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

20. And they all ate and were filled; and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that were left.

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21. Now those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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13. 耶穌聽到有關施水禮約翰的消息後。自己就搭船離開住的地方，到一處人跡稀少的地方。眾人聽到他離開的消息，就從拿撒勒城行陸路去找他。

14. 耶穌從鄉郊的住處出來，見有許多人跟蹤到來，被他們的行為感動，就按手醫治他們患的病。

15. 傍晚時分，使徒說：這是曠野，晚飯的時間都過了，是時候散去眾人，讓他們到附近的村莊去購買食物。

16. 耶穌說：他們不用離開，就給他們一點吃的便可。

17. 使徒回應：我們只有五個餅和兩條魚。

18. 耶穌說：就把餅和魚拿來。

19. 並順帶吩咐，讓眾人坐在草地上。耶穌拿起五個餅和兩條魚，向天祝謝，掰開餅，遞給門徒，再分發眾人。

20. 這些人都吃飽，收拾剩下來的，竟能裝滿十二個籃子。

21. 估計當時吃飽的人約有五千，還不包括婦女和小孩。

馬太這段描述，是說一群有心追尋真道理的人也份心腸，不怕路途遙遠，如何的艱辛，都隨耶穌的腳踪。這情景感動了耶穌，在倆雙愉悅之際，耶穌也為他們付出，他能力比誰都大，而每個人都有各自的難處，各有不同的疾患，都給治痊，餓了也給他們飽肚。

這段描述也就引起許多對神蹟奇事的爭論，最大緣因是神蹟不是比喻。耶子用神蹟作比喻，可不可以？是個有趣的問題，只是，人不能，耶和華能。耶穌行的神蹟奇事，從來都有比喻的含義，在現實有形的世界，卻是以另類的精神的原則出現。不單是出現，是有效地出現，唯一個條件，有心。

人若心存意誠，認定這是可靠的，就會排除外在的環境，就算如何困難，受肉身或意志受外來因素的阻攔，就像種子落在好土上，結果。有三十、六十、一百等不同程度的收獲。總而言之，人在世的一天，困難和成果都同時存在，結果卻是滿有在基督長成的喜樂，生活安舒生命無礙。