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John 6:7

Philip
Money and wealthWorry and anxiety

5 When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

6 But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

9 “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
KJV
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
WEB
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”
ASV
Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings` worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.
DARBY
Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion].
BLB
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii of loaves are not sufficient for them, that each might receive some little [piece].”
ÅB
Filip svarte ham: Brød for to hundre penninger er ikke nok for dem så hver av dem kan få et lite stykke.
OTB
Filip svarte: "To hundre denarer verdt av brød ville ikke være nok til at hver av dem kunne få litt."
B1930
Filip svarte ham: Brød for to hundre penninger er ikke nok for dem så hver av dem kan få et lite stykke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 6:37

    But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

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  • Numbers 11:21–22

    But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

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  • John 12:5

    “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

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  • 2 Kings 4:43

    But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

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  • Matthew 18:28

    But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

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