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

³² But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."

³³ "In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

³⁴ "How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish.

³⁵ So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground, ³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. ³⁷ And all ate and were satisfied, and of the fragments that remained they gathered seven large basketfuls. ³⁸ And those who ate numbered four thousand, besides the women and children. ³⁹ When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.

¹ In those days when a large crowd had again assembled and had nothing to eat, Jesus called together his disciples and said to them. ² "My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat; ³ and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint on the way. Moreover, some of them are from a distance."

⁴ "Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"

⁵ He asked them, "How many loaves have you?" "Seven," they said. ⁶ So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd. ⁷ They had also a few small fish; after blessing these he told his disciples to distribute them also. ⁸ They ate and were filled and they took up of broken pieces that were left, seven hampers. ⁹ They that had eaten were about four thousand. ¹⁰ Then he sent them away, got at once into the boat with his disciples. and came into the district of Dalmanutha.