Matthew 14:15
Now with evening coming on His disciples approached Him saying: “The place is uninhabited and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14So when Jesus disembarked He saw a large crowd, and He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
16But Jesus said to them: “They do not need to go away. You give them to eat.”
Cross References
Matthew 15:23But He answered her not a word. So His disciples came and urged Him saying, “Send her away, because she is crying out after us.”
Mark 8:3If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will give out on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:14-22
The Five Thousand Fed. 13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16 But… Read the whole commentary →