Luke 9:16
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15And they did so, and made them all lie down.
Cross References
Psalms 121:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” I lift up mine eyes to the hills: Whence cometh my help?
Matthew 15:36he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Luke 22:19And he took a loaf, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.
John 6:11Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed to those that were lying down; in like manner also of the fishes, as much as they desired.
Acts 27:35And having thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and having broken it, he began to eat.
1 Corinthians 10:30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I to be evil spoken of in a matter for which I give thanks?
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 →