365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy
May 10
Bible discovery
Matthew 15:32-39 365DGSP 131.1
32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 365DGSP 131.2
33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 365DGSP 131.3
34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 365DGSP 131.4
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 365DGSP 131.5
36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 365DGSP 131.6
37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 365DGSP 131.7
38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. 365DGSP 131.8
39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. 365DGSP 131.9
1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 365DGSP 131.11
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 365DGSP 131.12
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. 365DGSP 131.13
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 365DGSP 131.14
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 365DGSP 131.15
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 365DGSP 131.16
7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. 365DGSP 131.17
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 365DGSP 131.18
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 365DGSP 131.19
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 365DGSP 131.20
Spirit of Prophecy Reading
The Desire of Ages p.405: 365DGSP 131.21
Then taking a boat with His disciples, He crossed the lake to Magdala, at the southern end of the plain of Gennesaret. In the border of Tyre and Sidon His spirit had been refreshed by the confiding trust of the Syrophoenician woman. The heathen people of Decapolis had received Him with gladness. Now as He landed once more in Galilee, where His power had been most strikingly manifested, where most of His works of mercy had been performed, and His teaching given, He was met with contemptuous unbelief. 365DGSP 131.22
A deputation of Pharisees had been joined by representatives from the rich and lordly Sadducees, the party of the priests, the skeptics and aristocracy of the nation. The two sects had been at bitter enmity. The Sadducees courted the favor of the ruling power in order to maintain their own position and authority. The Pharisees, on the other hand, fostered the popular hatred against the Romans, longing for the time when they could throw off the yoke of the conqueror. But Pharisee and Sadducee now united against Christ. Like seeks like; and evil, wherever it exists, leagues with evil for the destruction of the good. 365DGSP 131.23