Luke 9:13 “But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only f…”

Luke 9:13

But 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”

American Standard Version

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

Geneva Bible 1599

But he sayd vnto them, Giue ye them to eate. And they sayd, We haue no more but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we should go and buy meate for all this people.

Darby Translation

And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;

Young's Literal Translation

And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

Bible in Basic English

But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

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Cross references

“Give”

John 6:5–9 2 Kings 4:42 2 Kings 4:43 Matthew 14:16 Matthew 14:17 Mark 6:37

John 6:5–9 · BSB

When 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?”

2 Kings 4:42 · BSB

Now 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.

2 Kings 4:43 · BSB

But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

Matthew 14:16 · BSB

“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

Matthew 14:17 · BSB

“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

Mark 6:37 · BSB

But 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?”

“have”

Numbers 11:21–23 Proverbs 11:24 Proverbs 11:25

Numbers 11:21–23 · BSB

But 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.’

Proverbs 11:24 · BSB

One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Proverbs 11:25 · BSB

A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

14(There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

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