food for the 5,000, but with the 4,000 there were two prayers. In the first miracle Jesus utilized five loaves and two fish. Here he used seven loaves and a few small fish. In cleaning up after the first miracle, they picked up twelve small baskets of bread. After the second, there were seven large hamper-like baskets of remnants. Even more telling, in verse 19 of our text Jesus referred to the previous miracle as distinct. Finally, and conclusively in my mind, the miracles were done for two opposite
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