Healing Crowds

^29 (A)Departing from there, Jesus went along ^(B)the Sea of Galilee, and after going up on the mountain, He was sitting there. ³⁰ And ^[a]large crowds came to Him bringing with them those who were limping, had impaired limbs, were blind, or were unable to speak, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and ^(C)He healed them. ³¹ So the crowd was astonished as they saw those who were unable to speak talking, those with impaired limbs ^[b]restored, those who were limping walking around, and those who were blind seeing; and they ^(D)glorified the God of Israel.

Four Thousand Men Fed

^32 (E)Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “^(F)I feel compassion for the ^[c]people, because they ^[d]have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.” ³³ The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”