9:6. And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing every where.
9:7. Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him. And he was in a doubt, because it was said
9:8. By some that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that Elias had appeared: and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
9:9. And Herod said: John I have beheaded. But who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
9:10. And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had done. And taking them, he went aside into a desert place, apart, which belongeth to Bethsaida.
9:11. Which when the people knew, they followed him: and he received them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and healed them who had need of healing.
9:12. Now the day began to decline. And the twelve came and said to him: Send away the multitude, that, going into the towns and villages round about, they may lodge and get victuals; for we are here in a desert place.
9:13. But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps, we should go and buy food for all this multitude.
9:14. Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
9:15. And they did so and made them all sit down.