40 Mt 15.32-38 Fed 4000+

Matthew 15:32-39 (ESV)

^32  Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

^33  And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?”

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

^35  And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

^36  he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

^37  And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

^38  Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

^39  And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

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.’