Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

Now ¹  there were five thousand men ²  who ate the bread. ³ 

Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

(Now about five thousand men ¹  were there.) ²  Then ³  he said to his disciples, “Have ⁴  them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied, “Twelve.”

Jesus said, “Have ¹  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ²  So the men ³  sat down, about five thousand in number.