Luke 9:13-17 But he said to them, Give you them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes… The Lord helps our souls as He helps our bodies, through the aid of ordained means. and sometimes He may cause these means to fall short, and then may supply them as suddenly and abundantly as He multiplied these loaves and fishes. A person may have but little learning — he may be quite unable to read, and may seem to himself as if he did not well understand what he hears — and yet, if he have the fear of God in his heart, and try to live accordingly, he shall eat and be filled with spiritual meat and drink. One good lesson, one verse, one prayer may be a treasure to him which he shall never lose. He may be a good way from Church, he may have few helps at home; but if he really try to make the most of what little he has, God can and will make a good deal of it — to him. Half a prayer remembered as having been learnt in childhood; an old loose Bible or Testament on a shelf; the remembrance of some good Christian formerly known, his sayings, his tone of voice, his manner of coming in and going out — all these and other such things are as the scanty fare of that multitude, which became abundant under His creative hand. (John Keble, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. |
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