And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.
Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?”
And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
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