1.) In the book of Matthew, Jesus performs two miracle that were similar, The following chart will explain their similarities and differences:
                                                                               Matthew 14:14-21                Matthew 15:32-38
How many people were present?                           5,000 besides                    4,000 besides women                                                                                    women and children                          and children
                                                                                                                     

What did they need?                                                        food                                            food

What were they able to offer in                            to leave Jesus and go         The offered themselves   an effort to meet that need?                                  back to town to buy food         by fasting for 3 days                                                                                                               


What words or phrases describe the                  "They need not depart;       "I have compassion on    Savior's feeling towards the multitudes             give ye them to eat"         the multitude... [they]have       in their time of need?                                                                          nothing to eat:and I will not                                                                                                                           send them away fasting,                                                                                                                            lest they faint in the way"

                                                                                                                                                               What words or phrases describe      "And they did all eat, and were filled"   "And they did all eat,
what the Savior was able to provide                                                                        and were filled"
for the multitudes?
                                                                                                                                        
2.) The stories above give an account where human effort is insufficient. We learn in Romans 3:23 and Ether 12:27 that some things can only be done with the power of God. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" says Romans 3:23 and Ether 12:27 says; And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." These scriptures illustrate the need for the Savior and the atonement. Without it, none of us can return to live with HEavenly Father again, because we are not perfect. But through the atonement and ONLY through the atonement can we become clean and pure enough to be in his presence. To accept the healing powers of the atonement we must have a 'broken heart and a contrite spirit"( 3 Nephi 9:20) and experience godly sorrow