en_tn/mat/14/19.md

Jesus feeds the crowds who have followed him to the isolated place.

sit down

or "lie down." Use the word for the position people in your culture usually are in when they eat.

took

"held in his hands." He did not steal them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

loaves

"loaves of bread" or "whole breads"

and looking

This can mean 1) “while looking” or 2) “after looking.”

they took up

"the disciples gathered up."

Those who ate

"Those who ate the bread and the fish." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)