Quotes About Need

By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

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

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

If anyone asks, ëWhy are you doing this?í tell him, ëThe Lord needs it and will return it shortly.í”

The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ëFriend, lend me three loaves of bread,

because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.í

I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the manís persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

If anyone asks, ëWhy are you untying it?í tell him, ëThe Lord needs it.í”

“The Lord needs it,” they answered.

When the wine ran out, Jesusí mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.

When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.