Matthew 14:17
"We have nothing here," they said, "but five loaves and a couple of fish."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
In Context
16"They need not go away," replied Jesus; "you yourselves must give them something to eat."
18"Bring them here to me," He said,
Cross References
Matthew 15:33"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
Mark 6:37"Give them food yourselves," He replied. "Are we," they asked, "to go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread and give them food?"
Luke 9:13"You yourselves," He said, "must give them food." "We have nothing," they replied, "but five loaves and a couple of fish, unless indeed we were to go and buy provisions for all this host of people."
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 →