Matthew 15:36
And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
35And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
Cross References
Matthew 14:19And when he had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, he 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 multitudes.
Luke 22:17And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks, and said: Take, and divide it among you:
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.
John 6:23But other ships came in from Tiberias; nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks.
Romans 14:6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord. And he that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giveth thanks to God. And he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth thanks to God.
1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and by them that have known the truth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:30-39
Four Thousand Men Fed. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his… Read the whole commentary →