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The Feeding of the Four Thousand

Matthew 15:33

In 9 translations

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?
LSV
And His disciples say to Him, “From where to us in a wilderness [will we get] so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?”
YLT
And his disciples say to him, 'Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'
DBY
And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?
DRC
And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?
GNV
And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suffice so great a multitude!

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῦ (“of him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: μαθηταί. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μαθηταί; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί· Πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον;
RP2018
Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, Πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι, ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον;
TR-Boyd
Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, Πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι, ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον;
SCR1894
και λεγουσιν αυτω οι μαθηται αυτου ποθεν ημιν εν ερημια αρτοι τοσουτοι ωστε χορτασαι οχλον τοσουτον

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◆ Feeding of Four Thousand

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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…
  • Matthew 14:15When 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.”
  • Mark 6:37But 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?”
  • 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.
  • 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.”
  • 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…
  • Numbers 11:21–22But 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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