1. One day another large crowd gathered around Jesus. They had not brought along anything to eat. So Jesus called his disciples together and said,
2. “I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat.
3. Some of them live a long way from here. If I send them away hungry, they might faint on their way home.”
4. The disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”