¹⁹ Then he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.^(A)

³⁰ If I partake with thanksgiving,^(A) why am I criticised because of something for which I give thanks?

³ They forbid marriage^(A) and demand abstinence^(B) from foods that God created^(C) to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ For everything created by God is good,^(D) and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,^(E)