Matthew 14:17
They answered him, “We have nothing here, except five loaves and two fish.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 have no need to go. Give them something to eat yourselves.”
18He said to them, “Bring them here to me.”
Cross References
Numbers 11:21And Moses said: “There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and yet you say, ‘I will give them flesh to eat for a whole month.’
Matthew 15:33And the disciples said to him: “From where, then, in the desert, would we obtain enough bread to satisfy so a great multitude?”
Mark 6:37And responding, he said to them, “Give them something to eat yourselves.” And they said to him, “Let us go out and buy bread for two hundred denarii, and then we will give them something to eat.”
Luke 9:13But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “There is with us no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we are to go and buy food for this entire multitude.”
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 →