¹² When they ·had all had enough to eat [^Lwere filled/satisfied], Jesus said to his ·followers [disciples], “Gather the leftover ·pieces of fish and bread [^Lpieces] so that nothing is wasted.” ¹³ So they gathered up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with the pieces left from the five barley loaves [2 Kin. 4:42–44; ^CJesus’ miracle surpasses that of Elisha].

¹⁴ When the people saw this ·miracle [^Lsign] that Jesus did, they said, “He must truly be the Prophet [1:21; ^Cprobably the “prophet like Moses” of Deut. 18:15–18] who is coming into the world.”