Matthew 15:32-39 - The Feeding Of Four Thousand

³² And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

³³ And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

³⁴ And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.

³⁵ Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth, ³⁶ And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people. ³⁷ And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full. ³⁸ And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children. ³⁹ And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.

¹ In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them, ² I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food; ³ If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

⁴ And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

⁵ And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes. ⁶ And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people. ⁷ And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way. ⁸ And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits. ⁹ And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away. ¹⁰ And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.