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Loaves and Fishes

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With an eye to the loaves and fishes; for the sake of … With a view to the material benefits to be derived. The crowd followed Jesus Christ, not for the spiritual doctrines which He taught, but for the loaves and fishes which He distributed amongst them.

“Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye seek Me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.”—John vi. 26.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lloyd’s Books
Lloyd’s List
Lloyd’s Register
Lloyd’s Rooms
Loaf
Loaf held in the Hand (A)
Loafers
Loathly Lady
Loaves and Fishes
Lob
Lob’s Pound
Lobby
Loblolly
Loblolly Boy (A.)
Lobster Sauce
Lobsters
Lochiel
Lochinvar
Lock, Stock, and Barrel