Matthew 15:36
And taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks, broke and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
35So He commanded the crowds to recline on the ground.
37So they all ate and were filled; and they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained.
Cross References
Matthew 14:19Then He commanded the crowds to recline on the grass. And taking the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, He blessed; and breaking the loaves He gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
Luke 22:17And taking a cup He gave thanks and said: “Take this and share it among yourselves.
Luke 24:30And then, as He was reclining with them, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
John 6:23although other boats had come from Tiberias, near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks—
Romans 14:6He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. And he who eats, eats to the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, also giving thanks to God.
1 Timothy 4:3who forbid to marry and to eat foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and really 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 →