8 Bible Verses about Feeding Groups

And his disciples answered him: Whence will any one be able to satisfy these men with bread, here in the wilderness?

But he said to them: Do you give them food. They replied: We have nothing but five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people.

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, and said: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food. But Jesus said to them: They need not go away; do you give them food. They said to him: We have here but five loaves and two fishes.read more.
He said: Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass: and he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke, and gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the multitudes. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what remained of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And when much of the day was now spent, his disciples came to him, and said: This is a desert place, and much of the day is now spent; send them away, that they may go into the country and the villages round about, and buy bread for them selves: for they have nothing to eat. He answered and said to them: Do you give them food. And they said to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them food?read more.
He said to them: How many loaves have you? Go and see. And when they had learned, they said: Five, and two fishes. And he commanded them to make all recline in table parties upon the green grass. And they reclined in oblong squares, by hundreds, and by fifties. And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed; and he broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples to place before them. And he divided the two fishes among them all. And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces, and of the fishes. And those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.

And the day began to decline; and the twelve came and said to him: Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and the country round about, and lodge, and find food; for we are here in a desert place. But he said to them: Do you give them food. They replied: We have nothing but five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people. For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them recline in companies of fifty.read more.
And they did so, and made them all recline. And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave them to the disciples, to set before the multitude. And they all ate, and were satisfied; and there was taken up what remained to them of the broken pieces, twelve baskets.

Then Jesus, lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do. Philip answered him: Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, that each may take a little.read more.
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him: There is a lad here that has five barley loaves, and two little fishes; but what are these among so many? But Jesus said: Make die men recline. Now, there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks, distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who had reclined; and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they wished. And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples: Gather up the broken pieces which remain, that nothing be lost. Then they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the broken pieces of the five barley loaves, which remained after they had eaten.

In those days, the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them: I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. And if I send them home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from afar.read more.
And his disciples answered him: Whence will any one be able to satisfy these men with bread, here in the wilderness? And he asked them: How many loaves have you? And they said: Seven. And he commanded the multitude to recline on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before them: and they set them before the multitude. And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed, and commanded that they also be set before them. And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up what remained of the broken pieces, seven baskets. And those who had eaten were about four thousand; and he sent them away.

And he commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass: and he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke, and gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the multitudes.