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.
Christ's power overflows in cures without stint or measure; He sits not on a throne of judgment but on a mountain where all may reach Him freely. He settles Himself to this work as one waiting to be gracious, expecting patients like Abraham at his tent-door, ready to help any soul that comes.
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Commenting on Matthew 15:29-39
And they did all eat, and were filled,.... Every one had a share of the provision, and that to full satisfaction; no one was overlooked and neglected, and everyone had as much as he could eat: and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets full.
[He gave thanks and brake.] See here the tract Beracoth, where it is discoursed of the manner of giving thanks when many ate together: Three who eat together ought to give thanks together: that is, one gave thanks for the rest (as the Gloss writes) "in the plural number, saying, Let us give thanks." So when there were ten, or a hundred, or a thousand...