Luke 9:17

They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up—twelve baskets of broken pieces.

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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

16Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, he blessed them and broke them into pieces, and he gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

18It came about while Jesus was praying by himself, the disciples were with him. He questioned them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

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Cross References

Psalms 37:16Better is the little that the righteous has 1 than the abundance of many wicked people. 1

Proverbs 13:25The righteous person eats until he satisfies his appetite, 1 but the stomach of the wicked is always hungry.

Matthew 15:37The people all ate and were satisfied. Then they gathered up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

Mark 6:42They all ate until they were satisfied.

Mark 8:19When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces of bread did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”

Philippians 4:18I have received everything in full, and even more. I have been well-supplied now that I have received from Epaphroditus the things you sent. They are a sweet-smelling aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and 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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