Quotes About Sharing

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

A total of four thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

The foolish ones said to the wise, ëGive us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.í

ëNo,í said the wise ones, ëor there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.í

During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

They all ate and were satisfied,

and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.

The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.

“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.

After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”