THE SERMON - Grief, Compassion, & Avoiding Self-Pity | Matthew 14:13-21
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🗓️ 18 November 2025
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Summary
The passage begins with a moment of personal sorrow for Jesus, for He has just received news of the death of John the Baptist. We see that Jesus “withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself” (verse 13). Yet even in His grief, we observe the unrelenting love and compassion of Christ. When the crowds follow Him, “He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion on them” (verse 14). Notice that Jesus does not dismiss the crowds or send them away. Instead, He takes pity on them, healing their sick and addressing their physical and spiritual needs.
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| 0:28.9 | the reading of God's word. Today we continue our preaching series through the gospel according to |
| 0:34.9 | Matthew. Our text for today is Matthew chapter 14 verses 13 through 21. |
| 0:40.3 | Again our text for this morning is Matthew chapter 14 versus 13 through 21. I'll read our text for us in its entirety. When I finish reading the text, I'm going to say this is the word of the Lord, at which point I would appreciate very much if you would respond by saying thanks be to God. |
| 0:55.0 | One final time, our text for today is the gospel according to Matthew, chapter 14, verses 13 through 21. |
| 1:01.7 | The Bible says this, now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. |
| 1:10.5 | But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot |
| 1:13.4 | from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd and he had compassion on them and healed |
| 1:20.0 | their sick. Now, when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, this is a desolate place, |
| 1:26.5 | and the day is now over. Send the crowds away to go into the |
| 1:30.7 | villages and buy food for themselves. But Jesus said, they need not go away. You give them something to |
| 1:38.2 | eat. They said to him, we have only five loaves here and two fish. he said bring them here to me then he ordered the |
| 1:48.0 | crowds to sit down on the grass and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven |
| 1:55.6 | and said a blessing then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. |
| 2:03.6 | And they all ate and were satisfied. |
| 2:07.6 | And they took up 12 baskets full of the broken pieces left over. |
| 2:13.6 | And those who ate were about 5,000 men besides women and children. This is the word of the Lord. |
| 2:21.6 | All right, please be seated. Let's go ahead and dive in. Three primary points that arise from the text today are as follows. |
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