01.22.2015 New Testament: Matt 15.32–34

To read the Bible in a year, read Matthew 15.21–39 on January 22, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

Jesus wanted to feed a large number of people who were following Him, but the disciples did not know how it was possible, since they had very little on them,

Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?” Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”  And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish” (Matthew 15.32–34). 

Can He who created the world—making all the ingredients of the Earth that allow us to make bread and for fish to appear and grow—feed thousands of people on such a small amount?