40 Mt 14.14-20 Jesus fed the 5000

Matthew 14:14-21 (ESV)

^14  When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

^15  Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

^16  But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

^17  They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”

^18  And he said, “Bring them here to me.”

^19  Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

^20  And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

^21  And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

That Jesus miraculously fed vast crowds of people at least twice is indicated by Mt 16.8-10. Matthew 16:7–11 (ESV) “And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, ‘We brought no bread.’ 8But Jesus, aware of this, said, ‘O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? 9Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 11How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’ ”