Matthew 15:32

World English Bible

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”

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Matthew 15:32 in other translations

And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.

Matthew 15:32 · American Standard Version

Matthew 15:32 in context

  1. 30Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
  2. 31so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
  3. 32Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
  4. 33The disciples said to him, “Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
  5. 34Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
    They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”