Matthew 14:21

And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand men, besides women and children.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

In Context

20And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up what remained, twelve full baskets of fragments.

22And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to go up into the boat, and to go before him over the water, till he dismissed the people.

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Cross References

Acts 4:4But many of them who had heard the word, believed; and the number of the men was made five thousand.

2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make all grace abound in you; that ye always, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work,

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 →

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