When it comes to the feeding of the 5,000, everyone always focuses on the abundance of leftover food: twelve baskets worth.
But where did the baskets come from?
My mom theorized that since this miracle occurred on the Galilean shore, there would be plenty of rushes or reeds in the area, and the women in the crowd probably realized there was about to be a lot of leftover food and decided to do some basket weaving on the spot.
But this brings up the question of how there were baskets at the feeding of the 4,000, which occurred on the other side of the Galilean sea and a lot farther from the water. No weaving materials.
Our best conclusion was that the ladies remembered what happened last time and decided to bring take-home containers just in case. “Oh, the Son of God is having another presentation, there might be food.”
(It’s also possible that Jesus just miracled up some baskets, but. This is funnier.)