Matthew 14:16-18; Mark 6:37-38; Luke 9:13; John 6:4-9
Jesus looked at all the thousands of people around Him. The people were excited by all they had learned that day. He did not want to end the teaching quite yet. He said to Philip, "Where can we buy enough food for all these people?"
Philip stared at Jesus. "Why, it would take eight months of work to pay for all the food this crowd would eat! But even they would only get a few pieces of bread each."
Then Andrew, Peter's brother, came up to Jesus. "There is a little boy here. He has five loaves of bread and two fish. But that's not much, is it?"
Jesus' disciples did not know it, but He had asked them to feed the people for a reason. He was trying to teach them yet one more lesson about having faith in God's love.
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THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE - Old Testament, God Makes Everything
EspiritualPeople were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs...
