When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he said unto Philip,
Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Our Lord first said, (Matthew xiv. 16.) Give them to eat; but afterwards, accommodating himself to the weakness of his disciples, he says: Whence shall we buy bread? So there is no contradiction.