KJV King James Version
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
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Matthew 14:17
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
WEB World English Bible
They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
ASV American Standard Version
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they say to him, ‘We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 14
14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to [his] disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
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Luke 9:13But 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.Mark 6:37-38He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?John 6:5-9When Jesus then lifted up [his] eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?Matthew 15:33-34And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?Mark 8:4-5And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these [men] with bread here in the wilderness?Psalm 78:19-20Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?Numbers 11:21-23And Moses said, The people, among whom I [am], [are] six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
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