John 6:9

There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

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In The King James Version

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

In Context

8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith to him,

10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. (Now there was much grass in the place.) So the men sat down in number about five thousand.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:8A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates, a land of olive-oil, and honey;

1 Kings 4:28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries they brought to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

Psalms 78:41Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 147:14He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Matthew 14:17And they say to him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

Matthew Henry on John 6:2-15

The Five Thousand Fed. 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove… Read the whole commentary →

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