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1 Chronicles 16:34
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

Psalm 50:14 ESV
Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 4:4 ESV
Everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV
Give thanks in all circumstances.

Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15

Mark 6:30 ESV
The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.

Mark 6:31 ESV
Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while. For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

Mark 6:32 ESV
they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves.

Mark 6:33 ESV
Many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

Mark 6:34a ESV
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 6:34b ESV
he began to teach them many things…

Mark 6:35-36 ESV
When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 36 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

Mark 6:37a ESV
But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.”

Mark 6:37b ESV
They said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?

Mark 6:38a ESV
He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”

Mark 6:38b ESV
When they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.

Mark 6:39-40 ESV
he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.

Mark 6:41-43 ESV
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 42 And they all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.

Mark 6:44 ESV
those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.