John 6:9

Faith Poverty and the vulnerable Generosity

⁷ Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

¹⁰ And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

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.

Compare

BSB: “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
KJV: There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
WEB: “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
ASV: There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?
DARBY: There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?
BLB: “Here is a little boy who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are these for so many?”

ÅB: Her er en liten gutt som har fem byggbrød og to småfisker; men hva er det til så mange?
OTB: "Det er en gutt her med fem byggbrød og to fisker, men hva er det til så mange?"
B1930: Her er en liten gutt som har fem byggbrød og to småfisker; men hvad er det til så mange?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Kings 4:42–44
And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
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Matthew 14:17
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
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Mark 6:38
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
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Luke 9:13
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
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Psalms 78:19
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
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Matthew 16:9
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
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Mark 8:19
When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
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2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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