Matthew 14:16
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give all of you them to eat.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
In Context
17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:42And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
Proverbs 11:24There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.
Luke 3:11He answers and says unto them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
2 Corinthians 8:2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
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 →