Feeding the multitude
“If this is going to
be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor,
either we have to pretend that Jesus was just
as selfish as we
are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to
love the poor and serve the needy without
condition and then
admit that we just don't want to do it.” -Stephen Colbert
Feeding the
multitude
Feeding the
multitude is the combined term used to refer to two separate miracles of Jesus
in the Gospels. The First Miracle, "The Feeding of the 5,000" is the
only miracle (apart from the resurrection) which is present in all four
canonical Gospels (Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:31-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John
6:5-15. This miracle is also known as the miracle of the five loaves and two
fish. The second miracle, "The Feeding of the 4,000" is reported by
Mark 8:1-9 and Matthew 15:32-39 but not by Luke or John. This miracle is also
known as the miracle of the seven loaves and fish. -Wikipedia
