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Matthew 15:29-39

29 ^Jesus went on from there and passed along by [the eastern shore of] the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on the hillside and was sitting there. 30 ^And great crowds came to Him, bringing with them the lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they put them down at His feet; and He healed them. 31 ^So the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised and glorified the God of Israel.

Four Thousand Fed

32 ^Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, because they might faint [from exhaustion] on the way [home].” 33 ^The disciples said to Him, “Where are we to get enough bread in this isolated place to feed so large a crowd?” 34 ^And Jesus asked them, “How many loaves [of bread] do you have?” They replied, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 ^He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36 ^and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and when He had given thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the people. 37 ^And they all ate and were satisfied, and they gathered up seven full baskets of the broken pieces that were left over. 38 ^[Among] those who ate were 4,000 men, not counting women and children.

39 ^Then Jesus sent the crowds away, got into the boat and went to the district of ^[g]Magadan.