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

³² And Jesus calling His disciples to Him, said, I sympathize with the multitude, because already three days abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat; I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they may faint on the road.

³³ And His disciples say to Him, Whence is there to us so much bread in the wilderness, as to feed so great a multitude?

³⁴ And Jesus says to them; How much bread have ye? And they said, Seven loaves and a few fishes.

³⁵ He having commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground, ³⁶ He took the seven loaves and the fishes; having given thanks, He broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ³⁷ And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up the residue of fragments, seven baskets full. ³⁸ And those eating were about tour thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And having sent away the multitudes, He went into a ship and came into the coasts of Magdala.

¹ In those days, the multitude being large, and having nothing which they may eat, Jesus calling His disciples, says to them, ² I sympathize with the multitude because three days already abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat. ³ If I shall send them away to their homes fasting, they will faint on the road; indeed some of them have come from afar.

⁴ And His disciples responded, Whence shall any one be able to feed these with bread in the desert?

⁵ And He asked them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven loaves. ⁶ He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, He broke, and gave them to His disciples, that they may dispense them; and they presented them to the multitude. ⁷ And they had a few fishes: and blessing them, He delivered them. ⁸ And they ate, and were filled: and they took up the residue of the fragments, seven baskets. ⁹ And those eating were about four thousand. And He sent them away. ¹⁰ And immediately having gone into the ship with His disciples, He came to the parts of Dalmanutha.