8In^v those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He called^w the disciples^x and said to them, ²“I have compassion^y on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. ³If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way,^z and some of them have come a long distance.”

⁴His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to feed^aa these people?”

⁵“How many loaves do you have?” he asked them.

“Seven,” they said. ⁶He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke^ab them, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. So they served them to the crowd. ⁷They also had a few small fish, and after he had blessed them, he said these were to be served as well. ⁸They ate and were satisfied. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces. ⁹About four thousand were there. He dismissed them. ¹⁰And he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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Cross references

v Mt 15:29–38
w Lk 18:16
x Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1
y Lk 15:20
z Mk 8:27
aa Mt 5:6; 15:33
ab Mk 14:22