Matthew 15:32-39 (Gospel)
- 32
- Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
- 33
- Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?”
- 34
- Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
- 35
- So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
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- And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude.
- 37
- So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left.
- 38
- Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
- 39
- And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala.