Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for fear they may collapse on the way.”

 

The disciples said to him, “Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place to satisfy such a crowd?”  

 

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

 

He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.  Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. 

 

They all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over—seven baskets full.  

 

Those who ate were four thousand men, not counting women and children.

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(Matthew 15:32-38)