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Mark 6:37

Faith

35 By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

36 Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

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?”

38 “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

39 Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

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BSB
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?”
KJV
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
WEB
But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”
ASV
But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred shillings` worth of bread, and give them to eat?
DARBY
And he answering said to them, Give *ye* them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat?
BLB
But answering, He said to them, “You⁺ give to them to eat.” And they say to Him, “Having gone away, shall we buy two hundred denarii of loaves and give them to eat?”
ÅB
Men han svarte og sa til dem: Gi dere dem å spise! Og de sa til ham: Skal vi gå bort og kjøpe brød for to hundre penninger og gi dem å spise?
OTB
Men han svarte: "Dere gir dem noe å spise." De sa til ham: "Skal vi gå og bruke to hundre denarer på brød og gi det til dem å spise?"
B1930
Men han svarte og sa til dem: Gi I dem å ete! Og de sa til ham: Skal vi gå bort og kjøpe brød for to hundre penninger og gi dem å ete?

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 4:42–44

    Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

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  • Numbers 11:13

    Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

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  • Matthew 14:16

    “They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

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  • Mark 8:2–3

    “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

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  • Luke 9:13

    But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

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  • Matthew 15:32–33

    Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

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  • Numbers 11:21–23

    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 6:4–10

    Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

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