The story of the loaves and fishes demonstrates how spiritual food, compassion, and evangelism are required to effectively reach people in need of God.

I feel compassion for the crowd; they have been with Me now for three days and have nothing [left] to eat. 3 If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way. Mark 8:2-3 AMP