His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy them here in this deserted place?”
But the adjutant, upon whose arm the king leaned, answered the man of God, “Even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, how could this happen?” Elisha said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
The disciples said to him, “Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place to satisfy such a crowd?”
They had not understood the incident of the loaves. On the contrary, their hearts were hardened. The Healings at Gennesaret.
If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a great distance.”
Still he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” “Seven,” they replied.