Matthew 14:15

BUT when it was eventide, his disciples approached him, and said to him, The place is desert, and the time passed over; send away these multitudes of men, that they may go to the villages, and buy for themselves food.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14And Jeshu came forth, and saw great multitudes, and felt compassion for them, and healed their diseases.

16But he said to them, It is not needful that they should go; give you them to eat.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:23But he did not return her an answer. And the disciples approached and requested from him, saying, Dismiss her, for she crieth after us.

Mark 8:3And if it be that I send them away fasting to their houses, they will faint in the way; for some of them come from afar.

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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