Lesson 3394

 (Lesson 3394)(04-19-21) Luke 9:12-17

    “ And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. And they did so, and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.”

    Today’s quote relates the miracle whereby Jesus fed five thousand people with just a few loaves of bread and two small fishes with food left over.

    There is a bit of discrepancy between the Luke account of this event and the Matthew account. In the Matthew account the miracle involved seven loaves whereas in the Luke account, there were only five. 

    That difference is trivial in this instance seeing that the miracle itself is the issue and is twice documented.~