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Jabez is a young lad of ten who lives with his mother in Capernaum.
He went with Micah, a family friend, to hear Jesus on the other
side of the lake. Jesus used the lunch his mother had packed -
five barley loaves and two fish - to feed the great crowd. Micah
took Jabez home, but with a promise to come back for him in the
morning, "if it's OK with Mum", so he could hear Jesus
again. They join the crowd looking for Jesus near Capernaum.
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| Reader: | John 6.25-33.
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| MICAH: | That lunch of yours has brought everyone back together
again, Jabez!
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| JABEZ: | It's not my lunch that has brought them, Micah - but Jesus!
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| MICAH: | That's right! What I meant is that many of them want more
food - or another miracle...
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| JABEZ: | ... instead of Jesus and what he says! I always love the
story about the manna - why did they bring that in, Micah?
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| MICAH: | That was another time when God fed the people.
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| JABEZ: | And that's what's happened here!
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| MICAH: | I would have thought that was miracle enough for them.
Yet they seem to be looking for extra proof!
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| JABEZ: | Mum was amazed when I told her about my lunch!
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| MICAH: | Be careful with that lunch she packed for you this morning,
Jabez!
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| JABEZ: | But that's not what people need, Micah.
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| MICAH: | You're right, Jabez! They need Jesus!
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| Reader: | John 6.34-40.
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