Provision

 

One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God
a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made
from the first grain of his harvest.
Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”
“What?” his servant exclaimed.
“Feed a hundred people with only this?”

But Elisha repeated, “Give it to the people so they can eat,
for this is what the Lord says: Everyone will eat, and
there will even be some left over!”
And when they gave it to the people,
there was plenty for all and some left over,
just as the Lord had promised.”
2 Kings 4:42-44 (NLT)


Late in the afternoon the twelve disciples came to him and said,
“Send the crowds away to the nearby villages and farms,
so they can find food and lodging for the night.
There is nothing to eat here in this remote place.”

But Jesus said, “You feed them.”
“But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
“Or are you expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?”
For there were about 5,000 men there.

Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
So the people all sat down.

Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven,
and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces,
he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples
so they could distribute it to the people.

 
They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward,
the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!
Luke 9:12-17 (NLT)