Matthew 15:36
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
εὐχαριστέω
having given thanks
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εὐχαριστέω
To give thanks, to be grateful. Eucharisteo. In everything give thanks. Eucharisteo is the root of Eucharist. Gratitude is not just an emotion. It is a spiritual discipline.
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ὄχλος
crowds.
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ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
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δίδωμι
was giving
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δίδωμι
To give, to grant, to bestow. Didomi. God so loved the world that He gave. Giving is the language of love. The greatest gift is always the giver themselves.
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λαμβάνω
having taken
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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κλάω
He broke them
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κλάω
to break (specially, of bread)
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ἰχθύς
fish,
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ἰχθύς
a fish
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