And everyone ate until they were satisfied, for the food was multiplied in front of their eyes! They picked up the leftovers and filled up twelve baskets full!
So everyone ate until they were filled, and afterward the disciples gathered up the leftovers—it came to exactly twelve baskets full!
Those who hunger for him will always be filled, but the smug and self-satisfied he will send away empty.
Philip answered, “Well, I suppose if we were to give everyone only a snack, it would cost thousands of dollars to buy enough food!”
The disciples said to him, “Where in the world are we going to find enough food in this desolate place to feed this crowd?”
“How enriched you are when you crave righteousness! For you will be satisfied.
The lovers of God will have more than enough, but the wicked will always lack what they crave.
There were about five thousand men who were fed, in addition to many women and children!