 The feeding of the 4,000, while similar, is different from the feeding of the 5,000 just a couple chapters earlier. The feeding of the 5,000 was a crowd of mostly Jews, while the 4,000 were mostly Gentiles. The 5,000 were fed with five loaves of bread, which represent the five books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Jesus is the prophet like Moses, who is greater than Moses, as prophesied in Deuteronomy 18.