Send the people to the closest farms and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”
But he did not answer her at all. Then his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away. She keeps shouting behind us.”
Peter took him aside and objected to this. He said, “Heaven forbid, Lord! This must never happen to you!”
When his family heard about it, they went to get him. They said, “He’s out of his mind!”
His disciples said to him, “How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?”
When it was late, his disciples came to him. They said, “No one lives around here, and it’s already late.
Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Should we go and spend about a year’s wages on bread to feed them?”