Feeding the 5,000 and 4,000 — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on feeding the 5,000 and 4,000, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Matthew 14:17 (KJV)
How many loaves were used to feed the five thousand?
Answer: Five
Study note. We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Lesson 2 · Matthew 14:17 (KJV)
How many fishes?
Answer: Two
Study note. Five loaves, and two fishes.
Lesson 3 · Matthew 14:19 (KJV)
On what did Jesus command the multitude to sit?
Answer: The grass
Study note. He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass.
Lesson 4 · Matthew 14:20 (KJV)
How many baskets of fragments were taken up after the 5,000?
Answer: Twelve
Study note. They took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Lesson 5 · Matthew 14:21 (KJV)
Not counting women and children, how many men ate?
Answer: About five thousand
Study note. They that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Lesson 6 · John 6:9 (KJV)
Which boy brought the loaves and fishes?
Answer: A lad with five barley loaves and two small fishes
Study note. There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes.
Lesson 7 · Matthew 15:34 (KJV)
How many loaves at the feeding of the four thousand?
Answer: Seven
Study note. Seven, and a few little fishes.
Lesson 8 · Matthew 15:37 (KJV)
How many baskets remained after the 4,000?
Answer: Seven
Study note. They took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
Lesson 9 · Matthew 15:32 (KJV)
How long had the four thousand been with Jesus?
Answer: Three days
Study note. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
Lesson 10 · Matthew 14:19 (KJV)
What did Jesus first do before breaking the loaves?
Answer: Look up to heaven, and bless
Study note. Looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does feeding the 5,000 and 4,000 point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?