Five loaves and two fish
Five loaves, two fish and a big crowd: Jesus gives food to everyone. Read Matthew 14 in English with eight new words.

The words in this story
8 words you will really use: they appear in the Story and in the exercises, and come back in Review in the following Units.
away
adverb
city
noun
place
noun
eat
verb
fish
noun
sit
verb
food
noun
basket
noun
Original verse
The verse that closes the Unit, in the text of the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it, with no retelling.
Matthew 14:17 · WEB
They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
What a Unit looks like
First the whole Story, retold in simple English with sentence-by-sentence audio. Then three short lessons, each with a slice of the story, a Tip and exercises. At the end, the Original verse and the Celebration.
- História · 15 frases, tradução ao toque, 3 checagens sem XP
- 3 lições · um trecho, uma Dica e exercícios em cada uma
- Versículo original · o texto da Bíblia sem reconto · próxima história
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this lesson based on?
Matthew 14:13-21, in the World English Bible.
How many new English words will I learn?
8 new words, all taken from the story.
How many people ate?
The text says about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Matthew 14:17 in the Bible, word for word.
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More stories from the New Testament Course, in canonical order.


