Mark 6:42 So they ate and were filled.
Jesus has just fed the multitude with two fish and five loaves of bread. It doesn't sound like much to begin with, yet from small beginnings, there were twelve baskets left over. This is after feeding the five thousand men that were counted, a number that didn't include the women and children. I imagine the crowd was full with "itis",but their reaction of being full was to the food, not to the Living Word among them. In delivering the Beatitudes, Jesus teaches that those that hunger and thirst after righteousness would be filled. Righteousness being translated as leading a life that is pleasing to God. To the woman at the well, Jesus offers Himself as living water. To the same multitude in John 6, He declares, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty." The crowd was very enthused and impressed with the miracle, so much so that they wanted to take Him by force and make Him their King. Jesus had to instruct them with a very important reminder which is just as important for us today; "Do not labor for the food which spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you".
John 4:13
John 6:35
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