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Matthew 14:17

Faith

15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

18 He said, Bring them hither to me.

19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

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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
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
KJV
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
WEB
They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
ASV
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
DARBY
But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.
BLB
And they say to Him, “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish.”
ÅB
De sa til ham: «Vi har ikke mer her enn fem brød og to fisker.»
OTB
De svarte: "Vi har her bare fem brød og to fisker."
B1930
De sa til ham: Vi har ikke mere her enn fem brød og to fisker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 6:5–9

    When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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  • Matthew 15:33–34

    And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

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  • Mark 6:37–38

    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?

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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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  • Mark 8:4–5

    And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here 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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  • Psalms 78:19–20

    Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

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  • Numbers 11:21–23

    And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

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