Feeding the multitude
![Feeding the multitudes by Bernardo Strozzi, early 17th century.](/Images/godic/202501/12/FeedingMultitudes_Bernardo0026.jpg")
![The Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha is the site where some Christians believe the feeding of the five thousand to have taken place.](/Images/godic/202501/12/Courtyard_of_the_Church_of_the_Multiplication_in_Tabgha_by_David_Shankbone0026.jpg")
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Feeding the multitude is a term used to refer to two separate miracles of Jesus reported in the Gospels.
The first miracle, "the Feeding of the 5,000", is the only miracle (apart from Jesus' resurrection) which is recorded in all four canonical Gospels: Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:31-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:5-15. The second miracle, The "Feeding of the 4,000", with seven loaves of bread and fish, is reported by Matthew 15:32-16:10 and Mark 8:1-9, but not by Luke or John.