And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?