{"id":9723,"date":"2024-08-27T08:36:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T12:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9723"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:28:38","slug":"matthew-chapter-14-jesus-feeds-the-five-thousand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9723","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 14 Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them&nbsp;and healed their sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, \u201cThis is a remote place, and it\u2019s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus replied,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70202\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cThey do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cWe have here only five loaves&nbsp;of bread and two fish,\u201d they answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBring them here to me,\u201d\u00a0<\/mark>he said.\u00a0<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. 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