Matthew 15:36
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
35And he commanded the multitudes to lie down on the ground.
Cross References
Matthew 14:19And he commanded that the multitudes should lie down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Luke 22:17And having received a cup, he gave thanks and said: Take this, and divide it among yourselves.
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, that as he was reclining at table with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and breaking, gave to them.
John 6:23(but there came other boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate bread, when the Lord had given thanks);
Romans 14:6He that regards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives thanks to God.
1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from food, which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those[4:3] who believe and know 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 →