8 ^1-2 One day about this time as another great crowd gathered, the people ran out of food again. Jesus called his disciples to discuss the situation.

“I pity these people,” he said, “for they have been here three days and have nothing left to eat. ³ And if I send them home without feeding them, they will faint along the road! For some of them have come a long distance.”

⁴ “Are we supposed to find food for them here in the desert?” his disciples scoffed.