² The officer on whose arm the king was leaning^(A) said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates^(B) of the heavens, could this happen?”

“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat^(C) any of it!”

³³ His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”

⁴ His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”

⁷ Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages^[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

⁹ “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”^(A)