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Matthew 15:32
“Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
Verse in context — Matthew 15
Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.
The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?
Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish.
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