John 6:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 2 Kgs 4:42-44 : 42 Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food. 43 But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people for food; for the Lord says, There will be food for them and some over. 44 So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.
  • 2 Kgs 7:1 : 1 Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.
  • Ps 78:19 : 19 They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
  • Ps 147:14 : 14 He gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain.
  • Ezek 27:17 : 17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.
  • Matt 14:17 : 17 And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
  • Matt 16:9 : 9 Do 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?
  • Mark 6:38 : 38 And 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.
  • Mark 8:19 : 19 When 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.
  • Luke 9:13 : 13 But 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.
  • John 6:7 : 7 Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.
  • John 11:21 : 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
  • John 11:32 : 32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.
  • Deut 8:8 : 8 A land of grain and vines and fig-trees and fair fruits; a land of oil-giving olive-trees and honey;
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.
  • 1 Kgs 4:28 : 28 And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

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  • Luke 9:12-17
    6 verses
    87%

    12 And 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.

    13 But 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.

    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.

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

  • Matt 14:16-21
    6 verses
    87%

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

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

    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.

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

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

  • John 6:5-8
    4 verses
    87%

    5 Lifting 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?

    6 This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

    7 Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

    8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,

  • Mark 6:35-38
    4 verses
    85%

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

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

    37 But 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?

    38 And 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.

  • Matt 15:33-38
    6 verses
    84%

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

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

    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.

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

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

  • John 6:10-13
    4 verses
    83%

    10 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.

    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.

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

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

  • Mark 6:40-44
    5 verses
    82%

    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.

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

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

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

  • Mark 8:4-8
    5 verses
    81%

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

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

    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.

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

  • Mark 8:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19 When 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.

    20 And 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 16:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

    9 Do 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?

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

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 In 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,

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

  • John 21:5
    75%

    5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

  • John 21:13
    73%

    13 Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way.

  • John 21:9
    72%

    9 When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread.