Luke 9:17

Everybody ate until they were full, and then twelve baskets of leftovers were collected.

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In The King James Version

And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

In Context

16Jesus picked up the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed the food and broke it into pieces. He kept on giving the food to the disciples to share with the people.

18At another time, when Jesus was praying in private with just his disciples with him, he asked them, “All these crowds of people—who do they say I am?”

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Cross References

Psalms 37:16It's better to do right and only have a little, than to be wicked and rich.

Proverbs 13:25The good eat until they're full; but the belly of the wicked is empty.

Matthew 15:37Everybody ate until they were full, and then they collected the leftovers, filling seven baskets.

Mark 6:42Everyone ate until they were full.

Mark 8:19Don't you remember when I shared five loaves among five thousand? How many basketfuls of leftovers did you pick up?” “Twelve,” they replied.

Philippians 4:18For I have everything, more than I need! I'm thankful to receive from Epaphroditus the things you sent. They're like a sweet-smelling sacrifice that pleases God and that he approves of.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:11-18

The Multitude Miraculously Fed. 10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and… Read the whole commentary →

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