Matthew 14:21

Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Montgomery New Testament

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 fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls.

22Then he made his disciples get aboard the boat and precede him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.

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Cross References

Acts 4:4But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to give you an overflowing measure of every grace, so that all your wants of every kind may be supplied at all times, and you may give of your abundance 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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