Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said: I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way. The second feeding miracle (the feeding of the four thousand) begins with Jesus' own compassion-initiative rather than the disciples' practical concern. The three days communicates a sustained ministry: the crowd has been present for three days without food. The unwillingness to send them away hungry is the same compassion that drove the feeding of the five thousand.

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