The pupils knew that people had felt hungry. They told Jesus about this, and they asked him to take them out to the farms and the neighboring villages and buy them food.
But Jesus wanted to reward their turn to hear the word of God, as he wanted to strengthen the faith of his disciples and emphasize their attachment to him, so he refused to distract people from hunger. And the bread and the fish, and fed them all, and they ate and were satisfied and preferred them.
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