Mark 8:9
There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.
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- Matt 15:32-398 verses88%
32 The Feeding of the Four Thousand Then Jesus called the disciples and said,“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”
33 The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”
34 Jesus said to them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven– and a few small fish.”
35 After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,
36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.
37 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
38 Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.
39 After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
- Mark 8:1-88 verses85%
1 The Feeding of the Four Thousand In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,
2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.”
4 His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
5 He asked them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven.”
6 Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.
7 They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.
8 Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
- Mark 8:19-202 verses83%
19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Twelve.”
20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Seven.”
- Matt 14:15-228 verses82%
15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying,“This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
16 But he replied,“They don’t need to go. You give them something to eat.”
17 They said to him,“We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
18 “Bring them here to me,” he replied.
19 Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
20 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.
21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.
22 Walking on Water Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.
- Mark 6:41-455 verses82%
41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.
42 They all ate and were satisfied,
43 and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.
44 Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.
45 Walking on Water Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.
- Luke 9:12-176 verses82%
12 Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus,“Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”
13 But he said to them,“You give them something to eat.” They replied,“We have no more than five loaves and two fish– unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
14 (Now about five thousand men were there.) Then he said to his disciples,“Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15 So they did as Jesus directed, and the people all sat down.
16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
17 They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up– twelve baskets of broken pieces.
- Matt 16:9-102 verses79%
9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?
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10 Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
- John 6:10-134 verses76%
10 Jesus said,“Have the people sit down.”(Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.
12 When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples,“Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.”
13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.
- Mark 6:35-384 verses75%
35 When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said,“This is an isolated place and it is already very late.
36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”
37 But he answered them,“You give them something to eat.” And they said,“Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?”
38 He said to them,“How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said,“Five– and two fish.”
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18 Challenging Professed Followers Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.
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13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.