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Matthew 14:13-21
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13When Jesus heard what had
happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this,
the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.
14When Jesus landed and saw a
large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
15As evening approached, the
disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already
getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy
themselves some food.”
16Jesus replied, “They do not
need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
17“We have here only five
loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
18“Bring them here to me,” he
said.
19And he directed the people
to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking
up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the
disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
20They all ate and were
satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that
were left over.
21The number of those who ate
was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
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1)
According to
verse 13 what did the crowds do when they heard that Jesus had withdrawn by
boat privately to a solitary place?
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They followed
Jesus on foot from the towns.
2)
According to
verse 14 what was the emotion that swelled up within Jesus when he landed and saw
the large crowd and what did he do?
o
Jesus
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Had compassion on
them.
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And healed their
sick.
3)
According to
verse 15 what was the reason the disciples said to Jesus that they should
send the crowds away as evening approached?
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They were in a
remote place.
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It was already
getting late.
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The people should
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Go to the
villages.
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And buy themselves
some food.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16 what should the disciples do instead of sending the
crowds away?
o
They should instead
give the people something to eat.
5)
According to
verse 17 how much food did the disciples say that they had?
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They said that
they had
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Five loaves of
bread.
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And two fish.
6)
Looking up to
heaven, to whom did Jesus give thanks for the five loaves and two fish?
o
Jesus gave thanks
to God the Father.
7)
In accordance
with verse 19, how were the five loaves and two fish multiplied for feeding
such a large crowd?
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The five loaves
and two fish were multiplied in Jesus’ hands.
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As
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He
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Gave thanks to
God the Father.
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Broke them.
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And gave them to
the disciples to distribute to the people.
8)
In accordance
with verses 17 to 19 what was the function of the disciples in feeding the five
thousand?
o
The disciples
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Turned over their
limited resources to Jesus.
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Then served as
the channel for distributing the multiplied resources to the people.
9)
According to
verse 20 who ate and what was the effect on the food on them?
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They
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All ate.
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And were
satisfied.
10)
According to
verse 20 how much leftover did the disciples pick up after people ate and were
satisfied?
o
They picked up
twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
11)
How did what the
disciples got back compare with what they gave away?
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They got back
more than the
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Five loaves.
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And two fish.
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That
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They gave away.
12)
According to
verse 21 what was number of those who ate?
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The number of
those who ate was
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About five thousand
men.
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Besides
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Women.
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And children.
13)
What lesson did
the disciples learn in meeting the need of such a large crowd with such limited
resources that they turned over to Jesus?
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Whatever the
disciples turned over to Jesus, however insignificant, would
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Be multiplied
many times over in Jesus’ hand.
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And be sufficient.
14)
How did this
episode of feeding five thousand begin to alter people’s idea of what they
wanted to get from Jesus?
o
From that point
on people had the motive of coming to Jesus for material gains.
15)
What kind of power
did this episode of multiplying large quantities of food entice the disciples to
crave for the sake of personal gains?
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From that point on
the disciples craved miraculous power for personal gains.
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Matthew 14:13-21
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