If you're familiar with the Biblical account in Mark 6 of how Christ Jesus fed more than five thousand people with five loaves and two fishes, you'll probably also remember that not only were the people filled, there were even leftovers. Twelve full baskets, according to one account, which they carefully collected.
Have you, like me, ever wondered (because it's not mentioned in the Bible) how many others were fed by the leftovers? But even more important, how many others must have been fed by the abundance of spiritual food Jesus had just given them! He had been feeding their hearts and minds with spiritual ideas. We're told he "saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things." Mark 6:34.
Not long ago I was pondering the possibility that generations may very well have been fed through the truths learned and shared by that enlightened throng who had walked so far. Those who hungered for what Jesus had to teach returned home filled, spiritually as well as physically. No doubt at least some of them conveyed what they understood of the Master's teaching to others who weren't there.
