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The Feeding of the Five Thousand

John 6:9

In 9 translations

BSB
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
KJV
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
WEB
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
ASV
There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?
LSV
“There is one little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fishes, but these—what are they to so many?”
YLT
'There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these — what are they to so many?'
DBY
There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?
DRC
There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among so many?
GNV
There is a little boy heere, which hath fiue barlie loaues, and two fishes: but what are they among so many?

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὃς (“who”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὃ (“who”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἓν (“one”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: παιδάριον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παιδάριον; Robinson–Pierpont add ἓν.
  • SBLGNT: ὃς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὃς; Robinson–Pierpont read ὃ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἔστιν παιδάριον ὧδε ὃς ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;
RP2018
Ἔστιν παιδάριον ἓν ὧδε, ὃ ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;
TR-Boyd
Ἔστι παιδάριον ἓν ὧδε, ὃ ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;
SCR1894
εστιν παιδαριον εν ωδε ο εχει πεντε αρτους κριθινους και δυο οψαρια αλλα ταυτα τι εστιν εις τοσουτους

Who and where

◆ Feeding of Five Thousand

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 4:42–44Now 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. But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty…
  • Mark 6:38“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
  • Matthew 14:17“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
  • Luke 9:13But 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.”
  • Psalms 78:19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
  • Matthew 16:9Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
  • Mark 8:19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
  • Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
  • Psalms 147:14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
  • Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
  • John 11:32When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
  • Psalms 78:41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
  • 1 Kings 4:28Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
  • Revelation 6:6And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
  • Deuteronomy 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

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