Thematic Bible: The multitude fed

As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food." "They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat." "We have nothing here," they replied, "except five loaves and two fishes." read more.
"Bring them here to me," said Jesus. Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds. And they all ate and were fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls. Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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." "In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?" "How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish. read more.
So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground, 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. And all ate and were satisfied, and of the fragments that remained they gathered seven large basketfuls. And those who ate numbered four thousand, besides the women and children.