Everybody ate and had enough---there were about four thousand people. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over. Jesus sent the people away

(SEE 8:8)

He made you go hungry, and then he gave you manna to eat, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did this to teach you that you must not depend on bread alone to sustain you, but on everything that the LORD says.

Another time, a man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing Elisha twenty loaves of bread made from the first barley harvested that year, and some freshly-cut heads of grain. Elisha told his servant to feed the group of prophets with this,

So the servant set the food before them, and as the LORD had said, they all ate, and there was still some left over.

All living things look hopefully to you, and you give them food when they need it.

You give them enough and satisfy the needs of all.

Everyone ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left over.

The number of men who ate was about five thousand, not counting the women and children.

They all ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over.

The number of men who ate was four thousand, not counting the women and children.

They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve baskets of what was left over.

When they were all full, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces left over; let us not waste a bit."