Luke 9:10-17 · Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

10 When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida, 11 but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here."

13 He replied, "You give them something to eat." 14 They answered, "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish--unless we go and buy food for all this crowd." (About five thousand men were there.) 15 But he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each." The disciples did so, and everybody sat down. 16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people. 17 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Food For All
Luke 9:16-17
Children's Sermon
by Mark A. Hultquist
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Object: A variety of pictures from the grocery store ads in the newspaper.

Do any of you like to go to the grocery store? I remember when I was young there were two favorite aisles in the store that I couldn't wait to get to! One was the cereal aisle, so that I could look at all the great new cereals that I saw advertised on television. The other was the candy aisle, because if I was good enough, I could usually convince my parents to buy me a candy bar.

Whether you know it or not, grocery shopping can be pretty hard work. First you have to look at the ads in the newspaper and see what kinds of food are on sale that week and which stores have the best buys. Then you have to make your list so you don't forget…

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