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Matthew 15:33

Faith

31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

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

34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

35 And he commanded the multitude 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?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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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  • Matthew 14:15

    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.

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  • Mark 6:37

    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?

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Numbers 11:21–22

    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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  • 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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