Matthew 15:32

New International Reader's Version

Then Jesus called for his disciples to come to him. He said, “I feel deep concern for these people. They have already been with me three days. They don’t have anything to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry. If I do, they will become too weak on their way home.”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:42

A man came from Baal Shalishah. He brought the man of God 20 loaves of barley bread. They had been baked from the first grain that had ripened. The man also brought some heads of new grain. “Give this food to the people to eat,” Elisha said.

Matthew 12:40

Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights. Something like that will happen to the Son of Man. He will spend three days and three nights in the grave.

Matthew 14:13

Jesus heard what had happened to John. He wanted to be alone. So he went in a boat to a quiet place. The crowds heard about this. They followed him on foot from the towns.

Matthew 15:33

His disciples answered him. “There is nothing here,” they said. “Where could we get enough bread to feed this large crowd?”

Matthew 20:34

Jesus felt deep concern for them. He touched their eyes. Right away they could see. And they followed him.

Matthew 27:63

“Sir,” they said, “we remember something that liar said while he was still alive. He claimed, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he felt deep concern for them. They were treated badly and were helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 9:22

“The spirit has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us. Please help us.”

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw her, he felt sorry for her. So he said, “Don’t cry.”

Acts 27:33

Just before dawn Paul tried to get them all to eat. “For the last 14 days,” he said, “you have wondered what would happen. You have gone without food. You haven’t eaten anything.

Hebrews 4:15

We have a high priest who can feel it when we are weak and hurting. We have a high priest who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. But he did not sin.