Luke 9:12

New Century Version

Late in the afternoon, the twelve apostles came to Jesus and said, “Send the people away. They need to go to the towns and countryside around here and find places to sleep and something to eat, because no one lives in this place.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:25

“ ‘I will make an agreement of peace with my sheep and will remove harmful animals from the land. Then the sheep will live safely in the desert and sleep in the woods.

Hosea 13:5

I cared for them in the desert where it was hot and dry.

Matthew 14:13

When Jesus heard what had happened to John, he left in a boat and went to a lonely place by himself. But the crowds heard about it and followed him on foot from the towns.

Matthew 15:23

But Jesus did not answer the woman. So his followers came to Jesus and begged him, “Tell the woman to go away. She is following us and shouting.”

Matthew 15:32

Jesus called his followers to him and said, “I feel sorry for these people, because they have already been with me three days, and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry. They might faint while going home.”

Luke 9:11

But the people learned where Jesus went and followed him. He welcomed them and talked with them about God’s kingdom and healed those who needed to be healed.

Luke 9:13

But Jesus said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish, unless we go buy food for all these people.”

John 6:1

After this, Jesus went across Lake Galilee (or, Lake Tiberias).

Philippians 1:19

Because you are praying for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ is helping me, I know this trouble will bring my freedom.