Matthew 14:20

And all ate, and were fulfilled, [or And all ate, and were filled]. And they took the remnants of broken gobbets, twelve coffins full, (or And they gathered up the remaining pieces of food, twelve baskets full).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

In Context

19And when he had commanded the people to sit to [the] meat on the hay (or And when he had commanded the people to sit down on the hay for the meal), he took (the) five loaves and (the) two fishes, and he beheld into heaven, and blessed (or and gave thanks), and brake (them), and gave [ (the) loaves] to his disciples; and the disciples gave (them) to the people.

21And the number of men that ate was five thousand of men, without (the) women and (the) little children.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:12I heard the grouchings of the sons of Israel (or I heard the grumbling of the Israelites); speak thou to them, (and say), At eventide ye shall eat flesh, and in the morrowtide ye shall be filled with loaves, and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.

1 Kings 17:12And she answered, (As) Thy Lord God liveth, for I have no bread, no but as much of meal in a pot, as a fist [ful] may take, and a little of oil in a vessel; lo! I gather two sticks, that I enter, and make it to me, and to my son, that we eat, and die, (or behold! I am gathering only two sticks, so that I can go in, and make it up for me, and my son, so that we can eat, and then die).

2 Kings 4:43And his servant answered to him, What is this, that I set before an hundred men? Again Elisha said, Give thou to the people, that it eat; for the Lord saith these things, They shall eat, and there shall leave [over]. (And his servant answered to him, This is not enough to put before a hundred men! But again Elisha said, Give thou to the people, so that they can eat; for the Lord saith these things, They shall eat, and there shall be some left over.)

Ezekiel 4:14And I said, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! my soul is not defouled, and from my young childhood till to now I ate not a thing dead by itself, and rent of beasts; and all unclean flesh entered not into my mouth. (And I said, O! O! O! Lord God, behold! my soul is not defiled, and from my young childhood until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally, or was torn apart by beasts; and no unclean flesh hath ever entered into my mouth.)

Matthew 5:6Blessed be they that hunger and thirst (for) rightwiseness, for they shall be fulfilled.

Matthew 15:37And all ate, and were fulfilled, [or And all ate, and were filled], and they took (up) that that was left of [the] remnants (or and they gathered up the remaining pieces of food that were left), seven baskets full.

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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