Matthew 15:32
And Jesus, calling together his disciples, said: “I have compassion on the crowds, because they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat. And I am not willing to dismiss them, fasting, lest they faint along the way.”
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1 Samuel 30:11And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they led him to David. And they gave him bread, so that he might eat, and water, so that he might drink,
Matthew 9:36Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 14:14And going out, he saw a great multitude, and he took pity on them, and he cured their sick.
Matthew 27:63saying: “Lord, we have remembered that this seducer said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days, I will rise again.’
Mark 9:22But Jesus said to him, “If you are able to believe: all things are possible to one who believes.”
Luke 12:29And so, do not choose to inquire as to what you will eat, or what you will drink. And do not choose to be lifted up on high.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:30-39
Four Thousand Men Fed. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his… Read the whole commentary →