John 6:11
Then 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.
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- John 6:23 : 23 Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.
- Matt 15:36 : 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.
- 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.
- 1 Tim 4:4-5 : 4 Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise: 5 For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
- Luke 24:30 : 30 And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.
- Acts 27:35 : 35 And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.
- Rom 14:6 : 6 He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.
- 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
- 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.
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- Matt 15:33-375 verses91%
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.
- Mark 6:40-445 verses90%
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.
- Luke 9:13-175 verses89%
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.
- Matt 14:16-216 verses88%
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.
- Mark 8:4-96 verses88%
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.
- John 6:12-132 verses84%
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.
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13Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way.
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23Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.
- Mark 6:36-383 verses80%
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.
- John 6:9-102 verses80%
9There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?
10Jesus 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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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.
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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?
- Mark 14:22-232 verses77%
22And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
23And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.
- Matt 26:26-272 verses76%
26And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.
27And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying,
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19And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
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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,
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17And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;
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30And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.
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24And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.
- Matt 16:9-102 verses74%
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?
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35And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.