36: Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
Previous Matthew 14:13-23; Mark 6:30-46; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:5-15 Jesus Feeds Five Thousand When the apostles, whom Jesus had sent forth to spread the word, returned, they told him all that they had done and taught. Because so many people seeking Jesus were always coming to him and his disciples, giving them not even leisure to eat, Jesus said: “Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while.” They went with Jesus privately by ship to a quiet and unpopulated place in the neighborhood of the city of Bethsaida. The people saw them going. Many followed and others, who guessed their destination, ran afoot out of their cities and arrived before Jesus and the disciples. About five thousand men, besides women and children, came to the desolate place. Jesus, seeing them, as sheep without a shepherd, had compassion on them, and he healed their sick and began to teach them many things. When the day neared its end, the twelve apostles came to Jesus and said: “Sen...

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