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Graphic-novel illustration of the designed Jesus handing bread and fish to disciples who distribute the food across a large seated crowd.
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Matthew 15:32-38

Compassion for the Crowd

Faith and Compassion · Matthew 15

Story guide: Jesus refuses to send the hungry crowd away, and the disciples carry the shared food throughout the hillside.

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32Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already remained with me for three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they collapse on the way.”

33And the disciples said to him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so large a crowd?”

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

35And after instructing the crowd to recline on the ground,

36He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks he broke them and kept giving them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.

37And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up seven full baskets of the leftover pieces.

38Those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

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