32 But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: “I feel pity for the crowd,+ because they have already stayed with me for three days and they have had nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry,* for they may give out on the road.”+ 33 However, the disciples said to him: “Where in this isolated place are we going to get enough bread to satisfy a crowd of this size?”+ 34 At this Jesus said to them: “How many loaves do you have?” They said: “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 So after instructing the crowd to recline on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after offering thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.+ 37 And all ate and were satisfied, and they took up seven large baskets* full of leftover fragments.+ 38 Now those eating were 4,000 men, as well as women and young children.