Luke 9:14

For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in groups of fifty each.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

In Context

13But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are for us not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless, after going, we might buy food for all this people.

15And they did so, and made them all sit down.

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Cross References

Mark 6:39And he commanded them to sit down, all by companies upon the green grass.

Mark 8:6And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And after taking the seven loaves, having given thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to his disciples so that they might place before them. And they place before the crowd.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:11-18

The Multitude Miraculously Fed. 10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 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. 12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and… Read the whole commentary →

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