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

³² Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

³³ The disciples said to him, "Where are we to get loaves enough in a desert to satisfy such a crowd?"

³⁴ Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you got?" They said, "Seven, and some little fish."

³⁵ So he ordered the crowd to recline on the ground. ³⁶ He took the seven loaves and the fish and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. ³⁷ So the people all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over and filled seven large baskets with them. ³⁸ The men who ate numbered four thousand, apart from the children and the women. ³⁹ Then he sent the crowd away, got into the boat and went to the territory of Magadan.

¹ In those days, when a large crowd had again gathered and when they had nothing to eat, he called the disciples and said to them, ² "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. ³ If I send them home without food they will faint on the road. Besides, some of them have come a long way."

⁴ His disciples replied, "Where can one get loaves to satisfy them in a desert spot like this?"

⁵ He asked them, "How many loaves have you got?" They said, "Seven." ⁶ So he ordered the crowd to recline on the ground, and taking the seven loaves he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out. They served them out to the crowd, ⁷ and as they also had a few small fish, he blessed them too and told the disciples to serve them out as well. ⁸ So the people ate and were satisfied, and they picked up seven baskets of fragments which were left over. ⁹ (There were about four thousand of them.) Then he sent them away, ¹⁰ embarked at once in the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanutha.