From 60445a16b0e00ccf0dbfbcb61423768107a982a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:02:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 9:10-17 --- content/bible_journal/luke_9:10-17.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_9:10-17.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_9:10-17.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_9:10-17.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aed1e25 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_9:10-17.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 9:10–17" +date = "2022-11-29" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk9.10-17) + +After their preaching tour, the disciples return to Jesus to tell Him all they +had done. So Jesus has them go on a retreat to relax and discuss their reports. +Maybe that was the plan, but it was interrupted by a crowd of people figuring +out where they went and following them. Instead of getting mad and sending them +away, though, Jesus welcomes them and begins teaching and healing as He had +done with everyone. + +After a while, the disciples realize that everyone is starting to get hungry, +but there isn't enough food to go around. They tell Jesus that it's time for +everyone to go find food and lodging in the villages and towns that are around, +but He outrageously tells them to provide food to the crowd. The crowd had +about 5,000 men, plus women and children, so the five loaves and two fish they +did have wouldn't go very far. (By the way, what did the disciples think they +were going to eat if the crowds hadn't showed up? I doubt that was enough for +13 men, and we know from other accounts that this food came from a boy in the +crowd to begin with.) + +Jesus prays a blessing over the food and has the disciples distribute it +anyway. And the food just keeps going until everyone in the crowd has more than +enough. The leftover pieces that were picked up were many times more than what +they had started with. I expect it was even harder for Jesus to get away by +Himself after this. Most of the people in the crowd were surely poor, and +living "paycheck to paycheck" or worse. Getting more food than you could eat +would be a special day, and this Jesus guy was just giving it out. Lots of +people would listen to anything if it meant they'd get to eat afterwards. + +* * * + +Give us this day our daily bread, both to fuel our bodies and to nourish our +souls, so that we may do the good works You have prepared for us.