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Mark 6:39

37 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?

38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

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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
Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.
KJV
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
WEB
He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.
ASV
And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.
DARBY
And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.
BLB
And He commanded them to make them all recline, groups [by] groups, on the green grass.
ÅB
Og han befalte dem å la alle sette seg ned i det grønne gress, lag ved lag.
OTB
Så befalte han dem å få alle til å sette seg ned i grupper på det grønne gresset.
B1930
Og han bød dem å la alle sette sig ned i det grønne gress, lag ved lag.

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 14:33

    For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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  • Matthew 15:35

    And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:40

    Let all things be done decently and in order.

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  • 1 Kings 10:5

    And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

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  • Esther 1:5–6

    And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;

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