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Matthew 15:33

Faith

31 The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

32 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.”

The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

34 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”

35 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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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
The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
KJV
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
WEB
The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
ASV
And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?
DARBY
And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?
BLB
And the disciples say to Him, “From where unto us in a secluded place [are] so many loaves so as to satisfy so great a crowd?”
ÅB
Og disiplene hans sa til ham: «Hvor skal vi få brød nok fra her i ørkenen til å mette så mange?»
OTB
Disiplene hans svarte: "Hvor kan vi få nok brød i dette øde stedet til å mette en slik folkemengde?"
B1930
Og hans disipler sa til ham: Hvorfra skal vi her i ørkenen få brød nok til å mette så meget folk?

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Cross references

  • 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 14:15

    When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

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  • 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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  • John 6:5–9

    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?”

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  • Mark 8:4–5

    His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

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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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  • 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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