And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up? They answered, seven — the second memory test: seven basketfuls for four thousand. Again, they remember the number correctly. The two data points (five loaves/five thousand/twelve baskets; seven loaves/four thousand/seven baskets) establish the pattern conclusively: Jesus produces abundance from scarcity, consistently and at scale. The disciples have participated in both miracles and can recite the statistics but have not connected the pattern to a conclusion about who Jesus is.

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