1 In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, he called his disciples and said to them, 2 “I have compassion for the crowd because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way—and some of them have come from a great distance.” 4 His disciples replied, “How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?” 5 He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” 6 Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd. 7 They had also a few small fish, and after blessing them he ordered that these, too, should be distributed. 8 They ate and were filled, and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. 9 Now there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. 10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
Prayer Focus: We considered this text last Sunday morning in worship as Jesus provides a meal for 4000 people from seven loaves of bread and a few small fish. This is the second miracle feeding that Jesus has performed in the Gospel of Mark. One of the signs the Jews looked for to indicate Messiah had come was when everyone was fed. In addition to healing and teaching, it is key to the Gospel of Mark that Jesus feeds. Pray that you might receive what Jesus seeks to feed you today. Pray that you might not tire of working to be sure that everyone is fed.
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