- By George Nava
- Published 09/26/2011
- Bible Studies

Mark 8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat,
Jesus (THE LORD) called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude (THE LOST SOULS), because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
John 6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad ( THE VESSEL ) here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: (THE LUNCH) but what are they among so many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus (THE LORD) took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets (12 DISCIPLES?) with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
What we have here are the ingredients to a miracle. Ever wondered why some of us pray for a miracle or a healing only to come up empty.
Lets take a look at this set of scriptures and see what we find.