John 6:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.

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  • Matt 14:18-19 : 18 And he said, Give them to me. 19 And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
  • Matt 15:35-36 : 35 Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth, 36 And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
  • Mark 6:39-41 : 39 And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass. 40 And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.
  • Mark 8:6-7 : 6 And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people. 7 And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.
  • Luke 9:14-16 : 14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group. 15 And they did so, and made them all be seated. 16 And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

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  • Luke 9:12-17
    6 verses
    87%

    12And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

    13But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

    14For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.

    15And they did so, and made them all be seated.

    16And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

    17And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

  • Mark 6:35-44
    10 verses
    84%

    35And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

    36Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

    37But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

    38And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

    39And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.

    40And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.

    41And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

    42And they all took of the food and had enough.

    43And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.

    44And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.

  • 9There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

  • 83%

    33And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

    34And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.

    35Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,

    36And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

    37And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

    38And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.

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    15And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

    16But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

    17And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

    18And he said, Give them to me.

    19And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

    20And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

    21And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

  • John 6:11-13
    3 verses
    80%

    11Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.

    12And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

    13So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough.

  • Mark 8:4-9
    6 verses
    79%

    4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

    5And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

    6And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

    7And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

    8And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.

    9And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.

  • 5Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • 3Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.

  • Mark 8:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

    20And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

  • Matt 16:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

    10Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

    2I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

  • 31And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

  • 4But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

  • 1And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.