Feeding the 5000 (Discussion Questions)
Categories: Jesus' Commandment - To Love as He Loved
Read Mark 6:32-44
- Why did the disciples tell Jesus to send the people away?
- Why didn't they want to feed the crowd?
- Do you ever think you don't have enough to share?
- What is so impressive about feeding that many people?
- What amount is 200 pennyworth of bread? [300 pennyworth was about a year's salary] What does Jesus ask?
- What does Jesus tell the disciples to do?
- Why do you think they were put into groups of hundreds and fifties?
- What did Jesus do with the bread?
- How many baskets were filled with leftovers?
- What does this story teach you about Jesus' ability to love?
- How would you love as Jesus loved?
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