Matthew 15:36
He took the seven loaves and the fishes; having given thanks, He broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
35He having commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,
37And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up the residue of fragments, seven baskets full.
Cross References
Matthew 14:19And commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, He blessed them; and breaking, gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Luke 22:17And receiving the cup, having given thanks, He said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves;
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, while He was reclining with them at the table, taking bread, He blessed it, and breaking it, He gave it to them:
John 6:23(other ships came from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread, the Lord having given thanks).
Romans 14:6The one regarding the day, regards it to the Lord: the one eating, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and the one not eating, eats not to the Lord, and gives thanks to God.
1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from meats, which God created for reception with thanksgiving to the faithful and to those perfectly knowing the truth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:30-39
Four Thousand Men Fed. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his… Read the whole commentary →