Friday, May 16th

Opening Question: What is one of your favorite foods?

Read Luke 9:10-17
10 The apostles returned. They told Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him. They went off by themselves to a town called Bethsaida. 11 But the crowds learned about it and followed Jesus. He welcomed them and spoke to them about God's kingdom. He also healed those who needed to be healed. 12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him. They said, "Send the crowd away. They can go to the nearby villages and countryside. There they can find food and a place to stay. There is nothing here." 13 Jesus replied, "You give them something to eat." The disciples answered, "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish. We would have to go and buy food for all this crowd." 14 About 5,000 men were there. But Jesus said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about 50 each." 15 The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. 16 Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up to heaven and gave thanks. He broke them into pieces. Then he gave them to the disciples to set in front of the people. 17 All of them ate and were satisfied. The disciples picked up 12 baskets of leftover pieces.

Word list:
apostles / the Twelve – the 12 men who followed Jesus for three and a half years.
disciples – the 12 followers of Jesus.

Discuss the following:
1. How did Jesus treat the different people in this story?
2. Do you see anything that’s strange or hard to understand in this story?
3. Why did Jesus stop and give thanks before he broke the food into pieces?
4. What do you guess the disciples were thinking as they picked up the leftovers?
5. Do you feel like you don’t have enough of something? If so, what does this story teach you?