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The Feeding of the Five Thousand

Luke 9:11

In 9 translations

BSB
But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
KJV
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
WEB
But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of God’s Kingdom, and he cured those who needed healing.
ASV
But the multitudes perceiving it followed him: and he welcomed them, and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and them that had need of healing he cured.
LSV
and the multitudes having known followed Him, and having received them, He was speaking to them concerning the Kingdom of God, and He cured those having need of service.
YLT
and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.
DBY
But the crowds knowing [it] followed him; and he received them and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those that had need of healing.Elohim
DRC
Which when the people knew, they followed him; and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed them who had need of healing.
GNV
But when the people knewe it, they followed him: and he receiued them, and spake vnto them of the kingdome of God, and healed them that had neede to be healed.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀποδεξάμενος (“having received”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δεξάμενος (“having received”).
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  • SBLGNT: ἀποδεξάμενος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀποδεξάμενος; Robinson–Pierpont read δεξάμενος.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι γνόντες ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἀποδεξάμενος αὐτοὺς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς χρείαν ἔχοντας θεραπείας ἰᾶτο.
RP2018
Οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι γνόντες ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ· καὶ δεξάμενος αὐτούς, ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς χρείαν ἔχοντας θεραπείας ἰᾶτο.
TR-Boyd
Οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι γνόντες ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ· καὶ δεξάμενος αὐτούς, ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς χρείαν ἔχοντας θεραπείας ἰᾶτο.
SCR1894
οι δε οχλοι γνοντες ηκολουθησαν αυτω και δεξαμενος αυτους ελαλει αυτοις περι της βασιλειας του θεου και τους χρειαν εχοντας θεραπειας ιατο

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 21:43Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
  • Luke 8:1Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
  • Luke 9:2And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
  • Luke 5:31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
  • Mark 6:33–34But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them. When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were…
  • Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  • Matthew 14:14When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
  • 2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
  • Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
  • Romans 15:3For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
  • Romans 10:14How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
  • Acts 28:31Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  • John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  • Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  • Luke 8:10He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

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