Helping the needy people
3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. …
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
Read and comprehend
- Get one student to read aloud (first reading)
- Get another student to read aloud (second reading)
- Get one student to summarize the story (first summary)
- Facilitator to summarize the story (second summary)
- Get students to answer the questions (see below)
Question
- in responding to the needy crowd, who had the positive thinking in this story: Philip, Andrew or the child?
- How did Jesus organize to feed the crowd with the small amount of the bread and fish?
- What was the results of the food distribution?
- Go to Wheel of Name for Peak and Speak session (see below)