Matthew 14:17
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
In Context
16“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”
18“Bring them here to Me,” Jesus said.
Cross References
Numbers 11:21But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
Matthew 15:33His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
Mark 6:37But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
Luke 9:13But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:14-22
The Five Thousand Fed. 13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16 But… Read the whole commentary →