Matthew 14:21

And they who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

In Context

20And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve baskets full.

22and he constrained the disciples to get into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

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Cross References

Acts 4:4Many however of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men became five thousand.

2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make every blessing abound toward you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work;

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 →

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