Matthew 14:17
They said to him: We have here but five loaves and two fishes.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
In Context
16But Jesus said to them: They need not go away; do you give them food.
18He said: Bring them hither to me.
Cross References
Matthew 15:33And his disciples said to him: Whence should we have in the desert as many loaves as would satisfy so great a multitude?
Mark 6:37He answered and said to them: Do you give them food. And they said to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them food?
Luke 9:13But he said to them: Do you give them food. They replied: We have nothing but five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:14-22
The Five Thousand Fed. 13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 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… Read the whole commentary →