Matthew 15:29–38

Jesus Heals the Crowds

^29aAnd departing from there, Jesus went along by ^bthe Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

³⁰And ¹large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and ^aHe healed them.

³¹So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled ¹restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they ^aglorified the God of Israel.

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand

^32aAnd Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “^bI feel compassion for the crowd, because they ¹have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

³³And the disciples ^*said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”

³⁴And Jesus ^*said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

³⁵And He directed the crowd to ¹sit down on the ground;

³⁶and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and ^agiving thanks, He broke them and kept giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

³⁷And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large ^abaskets full.

³⁸And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.