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The Feeding of the Five Thousand

Matthew 14:17

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
And they say to Him, “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes.”
YLT
And they say to him, 'We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'
DBY
But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.
DRC
They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.
GNV
Then saide they vnto him, Wee haue here but fiue loaues, and two fishes.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· Οὐκ ἔχομεν ὧδε εἰ μὴ πέντε ἄρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας.
RP2018
Οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Οὐκ ἔχομεν ὧδε εἰ μὴ πέντε ἄρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας.
TR-Boyd
Οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Οὐκ ἔχομεν ὧδε εἰ μὴ πέντε ἄρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας.
SCR1894
οι δε λεγουσιν αυτω ουκ εχομεν ωδε ει μη πεντε αρτους και δυο ιχθυας

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◆ Feeding of Five Thousand

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 15:33–34The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?” “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
  • John 6:5–9When 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?” But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do. Philip…
  • Mark 6:37–38But 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?” “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after…
  • 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.”
  • 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 8:4–5His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?” “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
  • Psalms 78:19–20They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
  • Numbers 11:21–23But 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.’ If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the…

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