Matthew 15:32-16:12 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 15:32-16:12

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand

32 ^aAnd Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “^bI feel compassion for the crowd, because they ¹have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” 33 And the disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” 34 And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 And He directed the crowd to ¹sit down on the ground; 36 and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and ^agiving thanks, He broke them and kept giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large ^abaskets full. 38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into ^athe boat and came to the region of ^bMagadan.

The Pharisees and Sadducees Test Jesus

^aAnd the ^bPharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him, they ^casked Him to show them ¹a sign from heaven. 2 But He replied to them, “¹^aWhen it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ^aDo you know how to discern the ¹appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? 4 ^aAn evil and adulterous generation eagerly seeks for ¹a sign; and ¹a sign will not be given it, except the ²sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.
5 And coming to the other side of the sea, the disciples had forgotten to bring bread. 6 And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and ^abeware of the ¹leaven of the ^bPharisees and Sadducees.” 7 Now they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring bread.” 8 But Jesus, aware of this, said, “^aYou men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? 9 Do you not yet understand or remember ^athe five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? 10 Or ^athe seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? 11 How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But ^abeware of the ¹leaven of the ^bPharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the ^aPharisees and Sadducees.