References and abbreviations; 1. The complexity of the evidence; 2. Traces of metaphor underlying the narratives about the 'baskets'; 3. The immediate sequel to John the Baptist's death; 4. 'And he saith unto them, come ye ... and rest a little,' in Mark; 5. 'Come ye, [by] yourselves, apart, into a desert place,' in Mark; 6. The concourse of 'many,' in Mark; 7. 'They had no leisure so much as to eat,' in Mark; 8. 'To a desert place apart,' in Mark and Matthew; 9. 'In the boat,' in Mark; 10. Signs of conflation in Mark; 11. 'On foot,' in Mark and Matthew; 12. 'He had compassion,' in Mark and Matthew; 13. 'They were as sheep not having a shepherd,' in Mark and Matthew; 14. 'Shepherd' (sing.) nowhere mentioned by Luke; 15. 'And he began to teach them many things,' in Mark; 16. 'When the day was now far spent,' in Mark; 17. 'They continue with me now three days,' in Mark and Matthew; 18. 'Buying' or 'whence?'; 19. 'Two hundred pennyworth' in Mark and John; 20. 'How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see,' in Mark; 21. 'There is a lad here,' in John; 22. 'Here,' in all the Gospels; 23. 'By companies,' 'by ranks,' in Mark; 24. 'On the green grass' in Mark; 25. 'By hundreds and by fifties,' in Mark; 26. 'Taking,' 'blessing,' and 'looking up to heaven'; 27. 'Breaking in pieces' or 'breaking'; 28. 'And the two fishes he divided among [them] all,' in Mark; 29. 'Twelve basketfuls' (R. V.) in Mark; 30. 'They that ate the loaves,' in Mark; 31. 'Five thousand men' or 'about five thousand [men]'; 32. Irenaeus and Origen on the 'five thousand' in the Acts, and Clement of Alexandria on the 'five loaves'; 33. 'Give ye them to eat,' why omitted by John; 34. 'Eating' in the presence of the Lord; 35. 'That he should give something to the poor,' in John; 36. 'We all partake of the one loaf'; 37. 'Jesus ... taketh the loaf and giveth to them,' in John; 38. Christ's 'leaven'; 39. The passionateness of Eucharist; 40. The 'kiss of love'; 41. 'Testament' or 'covenant'; 42. 'Testament' in the Gospels.