Luke 9:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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 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.
  • Matt 14:19 : 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.
  • Mark 7:34 : 34 And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
  • Luke 22:19 : 19 And 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.
  • 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.
  • Ps 121:1-2 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from? 2 Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
  • John 6:11 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 10:30 : 30 But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.
  • 1 Cor 11:24 : 24 And 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.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 14:16-21
    6 verses
    95%

    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.

  • Mark 6:40-44
    5 verses
    95%

    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.

  • Matt 15:33-37
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    92%

    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.

  • John 6:9-13
    5 verses
    89%

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

    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 8:4-9
    6 verses
    88%

    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.

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

  • Luke 9:12-15
    4 verses
    85%

    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.

  • Luke 9:17
    84%

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

  • Mark 6:36-38
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Mark 8:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Luke 24:30
    78%

    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.

  • John 21:13
    78%

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

  • Matt 16:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    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?

  • John 6:5
    77%

    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?

  • Mark 14:22
    76%

    22 And 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.

  • Matt 26:26
    75%

    26 And 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.

  • John 6:23
    75%

    23 Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.

  • Luke 22:19
    75%

    19 And 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.

  • Mark 8:1
    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 Kgs 4:44
    73%

    44 So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.

  • Acts 27:35
    73%

    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.

  • Luke 24:43
    73%

    43 And before their eyes he took a meal.