Luke 9:17

and they ate, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

Literal Standard Version

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

16and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the sky, He blessed them, and broke, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

18And it came to pass, as He is praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the multitudes say I am?”

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Cross References

Psalms 37:16Better [is] the little of the righteous, || Than the store of many wicked.

Proverbs 13:25The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, || And the belly of the wicked lacks!

Matthew 15:37And they all ate, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,

Mark 6:42and they all ate, and were filled,

Mark 8:19When I broke the five loaves to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They say to Him, “Twelve.”

Philippians 4:18and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you—an odor of a refreshing fragrance—a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:

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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