What was the correlation of the numbers in Mk 8:19-20?

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Jesus multiplied the loaves and the fish and then walked on water in Mk 6

51 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, 52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

These signs and others demonstrated that Jesus was the divine Son of God.

Jesus drove out a demon from a Syrophoenician woman and healed a deaf and mute man in Mk 7.

Jesus fed the four thousand in Mk 8:

17b Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they replied.
20“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
They answered, “Seven.”

Crowd size	Loaves of bread	Baskets of leftovers	Fish
5000	5	12	2
4000	7	7	a few

There was a positive correlation between the crowd size and leftovers: the more people eating, the more leftovers. That's kind of natural.

There was a negative correlation between crowd size and the initial loaves: the more people eating, the less the initial provision. That's supernatural.

There was a negative correlation between the initial loaves and leftovers: the less the initial provision, the more the leftovers.

21 He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”

Jesus could do more, even with less. He was the divine Son of God.

He continued to heal a blind man and predicted his death.

29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

Finally, Peter recognized that Jesus was the Messiah. That was still short of recognizing Jesus as God.

What was the significance of the numbers in Mk 8:19-20?

They showed that Jesus did more with less, which was evidence that he was the Messiah, the divine Son of God.