Send the people away so they can go to the countryside and towns around here to buy themselves something to eat.”
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.”
Peter took Jesus aside and told him not to talk like that. He said, “God save you from those things, Lord! Those things will never happen to you!”
When his family heard this, they went to get him because they thought he was out of his mind.
His followers said, “Look at how many people are pushing against you! And you ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
When it was late in the day, his followers came to him and said, “No one lives in this place, and it is already very late.
But Jesus answered, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “We would all have to work a month to earn enough money to buy that much bread!”