Matthew 15:29-39

Living Bible

²⁹ Jesus now returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat there. ³⁰ And a vast crowd brought him their lame, blind, maimed, and those who couldn’t speak, and many others, and laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all. ³¹ What a spectacle it was! Those who hadn’t been able to say a word before were talking excitedly, and those with missing arms and legs had new ones; the crippled were walking and jumping around, and those who had been blind were gazing about them! The crowds just marveled and praised the God of Israel.

³² Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I pity these people—they’ve been here with me for three days now and have nothing left to eat; I don’t want to send them away hungry or they will faint along the road.”

³³ The disciples replied, “And where would we get enough here in the desert for all this mob to eat?”

³⁴ Jesus asked them, “How much food do you have?” And they replied, “Seven loaves of bread and a few small fish!”

³⁵ Then Jesus told all of the people to sit down on the ground, ³⁶ and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks to God for them, and divided them into pieces, and gave them to the disciples who presented them to the crowd. ^37-38 And everyone ate until full—four thousand men besides the women and children! And afterwards, when the scraps were picked up, there were seven basketfuls left over!

³⁹ Then Jesus sent the people home and got into the boat and crossed to Magadan.