Matthew 14:14-21

The Voice

¹⁴Though Jesus wanted solitude, when He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, and He healed the sick and the lame. ¹⁵At evening-time, Jesus’ disciples came to Him.

Disciples: We’re in a fairly remote place, and it is getting late; the crowds will get hungry for supper. Send them away so they have time to get back to the villages and get something to eat.

Jesus: ¹⁶They don’t need to go back to the villages in order to eat supper. Give them something to eat here.

Disciples: ¹⁷But we don’t have enough food. We only have five rounds of flatbread and two fish.

Jesus: ¹⁸Bring the bread and the fish to Me.

So the disciples brought Him the five rounds of flatbread and the two fish, ¹⁹and Jesus told the people to sit down on the grass. He took the bread and the fish, He looked up to heaven, He gave thanks, and then He broke the bread. Jesus gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave the bread to the people; ²⁰everyone ate and was satisfied. When everyone had eaten, the disciples picked up 12 baskets of crusts and broken pieces of bread and crumbs. ²¹There were 5,000 men there, not to mention all the women and children.

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