Matthew 16:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 6:30 : 30 But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?
  • Matt 14:31 : 31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?
  • Matt 8:26 : 26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all. 25 He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
  • John 16:30 : 30 Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

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  • Matt 16:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5 And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.

    6 And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

    7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

  • Mark 8:16-21
    6 verses
    88%

    16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.

    17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

    18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

    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.

    21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

  • Matt 16:9-12
    4 verses
    83%

    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?

    11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

    12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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    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.

  • 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 And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.

  • 40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

  • Mark 8:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Mark 6:35-38
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

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    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.

  • 16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

  • John 6:7-9
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    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,

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

  • 8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

  • Mark 8:1-2
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    74%

    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;

  • 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?

  • 33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • 26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

  • 52 For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

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

  • 26 Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.

  • 22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

  • 30 But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

  • 31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

  • John 6:12-13
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    71%

    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.

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

  • 38 And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?

  • 3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

  • 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.