LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19

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(KJV) Matthew 14:19

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19

The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand is recorded in all four Gospels (Mark 6:34-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14). This miracle illustrates the following spiritual principles:

  1. It is proof of the Lord’s power to perform miracles.
  2. It points to Jesus as the “bread of life” (John 6), the one who provides for both body and soul. 
  3. It is an example of Jesus’ compassion for people in need (Matthew 14:14; Exodus 34:6; Micah 7:18). 
  4. It teaches that regardless of how little we have, God can multiply the effects of what we surrender to Him and do great things with it. In other words, God can do very much with very little if we entrust our situations to Him. 
  5. Jesus involves His followers in His miracles.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  2. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  3. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  4. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  5. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  6. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  7. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  8. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  9. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  10. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  11. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  12. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  13. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  14. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  15. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  16. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  17. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  18. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  19. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  20. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  21. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  22. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  23. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  24. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  25. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  26. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  27. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  28. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  29. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  30. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  31. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  32. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  33. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  34. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  35. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  36. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  37. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  38. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  39. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  40. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  41. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  42. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  43. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  44. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  45. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  46. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  47. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  48. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  49. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  50. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  51. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  52. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  53. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  54. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  55. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  56. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  57. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  58. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  59. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  60. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  61. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  62. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  63. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  64. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  65. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  66. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  67. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  68. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  69. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  70. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  71. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  72. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  73. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  74. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  75. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  76. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  77. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  78. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  79. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  80. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  81. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  82. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  83. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  84. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  85. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  86. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  87. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  88. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  89. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  90. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  91. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  92. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  93. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  94. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  95. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  96. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  97. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  98. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  99. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  100. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  101. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  102. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  103. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  104. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  105. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  106. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  107. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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