Shall the sheep and the oxen be slain for them to find them, either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together to serve them?"

And his disciples said unto him, "Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness as should suffice so great a multitude?"

Then a great lord on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God and said, "Though the LORD would make windows in heaven, yet would not this be." And he said again, "Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes and shalt not eat thereof."

He answered and said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said unto him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?"

And his disciples answered him, "Where should a man have bread here in the wilderness to satisfy these?"

And Zacharias said unto the angel, "Whereby shall I know this? Seeing that I am old, and my wife well stricken in years."

Then said Mary unto the angel, "How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"

This he said to prove him. For he himself knew what he would do.

"There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what is that among so many?"

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Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

There is certainly a considerable measure of weakness and unbelief manifested in these complaints and questions of moses; but his conduct appears at the same time so very simple, honest, and affectionate, that we cannot but admire it, while we wonder that he had not stronger confidence in that god, whose stupendous miracles he had so often witnessed in egypt

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There is certainly a considerable measure of weakness and unbelief manifested in these complaints and questions of moses; but his conduct appears at the same time so very simple, honest, and affectionate, that we cannot but admire it, while we wonder that he had not stronger confidence in that god, whose stupendous miracles he had so often witnessed in egypt

Then a great lord on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God and said, "Though the LORD would make windows in heaven, yet would not this be." And he said again, "Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes and shalt not eat thereof."
And his disciples said unto him, "Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness as should suffice so great a multitude?"
He answered and said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said unto him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?"
And his disciples answered him, "Where should a man have bread here in the wilderness to satisfy these?"
And Zacharias said unto the angel, "Whereby shall I know this? Seeing that I am old, and my wife well stricken in years."
This he said to prove him. For he himself knew what he would do.

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Then said they unto him, "We have here but five loaves, and two fishes."
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