Passage: Matthew 15:32-39 (RSV)


Matthew 15


32Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."
33And the disciples said to him, "Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?"
34And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
35And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground,
36he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
37And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39And sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Mag'adan.



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