When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said,
“This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away,
so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
Jesus
replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
“We have
here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
“Bring them
here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to
sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up
to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the
disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all
ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken
pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate
was about five thousand men, besides women and children. Matthew 14:13-21
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