Mark 6:33-44
33 But the multitudes saw them departing, and many knew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to Him.
34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
35 When the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late.
36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.”
37 But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.”
And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”
38 But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”
And when they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”
39 Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
40 So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.
41 And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all.
42 So they all ate and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.
44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.
Context
- Where did the big crowd come from? (Mark 3:8, 9, 32, 5:21, 6:33, 34)
Reflection
- Why was Jesus moved with compassion for them? (Matthew 14:14, Mark 6:34)
- What happens to sheep without a shepherd? (Numbers 27:17, 1 Kings 22:17, Ezekiel 34:5, Mark 14:27)
- Why did the disciples want them sent away? (Mark 6:35, 36)
- What’s significant about the blessing, breaking and sharing? (Mark 6:41, 14:22-24, Luke 24:30, 31, 35)
- How was He blessed, broken & shared for us on Good Friday?
- How does He do this with our lives? (John 20:21, Romans 12:1, Ephesians 5:1, 2, 1 Peter 1:18, 19)
Testimony Time
- What difference has the Resurrection made in my life? (Romans 6:4-10, 8:11, Colossians 3:1-3)
