Jesus feeds 4000

140	JESUS FEEDS 4000
Matt 15		Mark 8		Luke
32	Then	1	In those days,
			when again
			a great crowd had gathered,
			and they had nothing to eat,
	Jesus called his disciples to him		he called his disciples to him,
	and said,		and <says> to them,
	"I have compassion on the crowd,	2	"I have compassion on the crowd,
	because they have been with me		because they have been with me
	now three days,		now three days
	and have nothing to eat;		and have nothing to eat;
	and I am unwilling	3	and if I
	to send them away hungry,		send them away hungry
			to their homes,
	lest they faint on the way."		they will faint on the way;
			and
			some of them have come a long way."
33	And the disciples <say> to him,	4	And his disciples answered him,
	"Where are we to get		"How can one feed* these men
	bread enough		with bread
	in the desert		here in the desert?"
	to feed* so great a crowd?"
34	And Jesus <says> to them,	5	And he asked them,
	"How many loaves have you?"		"How many loaves have you?"
	They said,		They said,
	"Seven,		"Seven."
	and a few small fish."*		[see Mark 7:7 below]
35	And commanding the crowd	6	And he commanded the crowd
	to sit down on the ground,		to sit down on the ground;
36	he took the seven loaves		and he took the seven loaves,
	and the fish,
	and having given thanks		and having given thanks
	he broke them		he broke them
	and gave them to the disciples,		and gave them to his disciples
			to set before the people;
	and the disciples gave them		and they set them
	to the crowds.		before the crowd.
	[see Matt 15:34 above]	7	And they had a few small fish;*
			and having blessed them,
			he commanded that
			these also should be set before them.
37	And they all ate	8	And they ate,
	and were satisfied;		and were satisfied;
	and they took up		and they took up
	seven baskets full*
	of the broken pieces left over.		the broken pieces left over,
			seven baskets full.*
38	Those who ate were	9	And there were
	four thousand men,		about four thousand people.
	besides women and children.
39	And sending away the crowds,	10	And he sent them away;
			and immediately
	he got into the boat		he got into the boat
			with his disciples,
	and went		and went
	to the region of Magadan.		to the district of Dalmanutha.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
<say>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
140	Sequence in synoptic outlines