¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

Elisha Feeds One Hundred Men^(A)

⁴² Then a man came from ^(B)Baal Shalisha, ^(C)and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.”

⁴³ But his servant said, ^(D)“What? Shall I set this before one hundred men?”

He said again, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the Lord: ^(E)‘They shall eat and have some left over.’ ” ⁴⁴ So he set it before them; and they ate ^(F)and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord.

² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and ^(A)their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. ³ For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing,

²⁹ For some thought, because ^(A)Judas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

¹¹ He answered and said to them, ^(A)“He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, ^(B)let him do likewise.”

⁷ So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, ^(A)not grudgingly or of ^[a]necessity; for ^(B)God loves a cheerful giver. ^8 (C)And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.