Matthew 14:15
As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said. "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14So when he landed he saw a great multitude, and felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.
16"They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat."
Cross References
Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."
Mark 8:3and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint on the way. Moreover, some of them are from a 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 →