…But from the data we do have (as just surveyed), we can propose the most likely answer to “Jesus’s” query as Mark contrived it:
“When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they replied.
“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
They answered, “Seven.”
He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”…
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