He charged them to take nothing for the journey except a stick; no bread, no bag, and not a penny in their pockets,

Then the King, though intensely sorry, yet for the sake of his oaths, and of his guests, would not break faith with her.

"Give them food yourselves," He replied. "Are we," they asked, "to go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread and give them food?"

Those who ate the bread were 5,000 adult men.

"Let the children first eat all they want," He said; "it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

"Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples.

Now they had forgotten to take bread, nor had they more than a single loaf with them in the boat;

they explained His words to one another by saying, "We have no bread!"

He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, "What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension?

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the High Priests and Scribes were bent on finding how to seize Him by stratagem and put Him to death.

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"