John 6:12

And when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, so that nothing may be lost.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

In Context

11And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were reclining; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wished.

13Therefore they gathered them up, and they filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:37So they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what they had left of the fragments, seven hampers full.

Mark 8:8So they ate and were filled, and they took up an abundance of fragments, seven hampers full.

Luke 9:17So they all ate and were satisfied, and twelve baskets of the remaining fragments were taken up by them. 1 The Confession of Peter

Luke 16:1He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

Matthew Henry on John 6:2-15

The Five Thousand Fed. 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove… Read the whole commentary →

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