Matthew 16:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • Matt 14:17-21 : 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.
  • Matt 15:16-17 : 16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
  • Mark 6:38-44 : 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. 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. 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 7:18 : 18 And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,
  • Luke 9:13-17 : 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.
  • Luke 24:25-27 : 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said. 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory? 27 And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
  • John 6:9-9 : 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.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.

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  • Matt 16:10-11
    2 verses
    92%

    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?

  • Mark 8:16-21
    6 verses
    87%

    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 16:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

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

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

  • John 6:9-13
    5 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Luke 9:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Luke 9:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Matt 14:16-21
    6 verses
    80%

    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 6:43-44
    2 verses
    80%

    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 15:36-38
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Mark 8:4-9
    6 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Mark 6:36-38
    3 verses
    79%

    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 15:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Matt 16:5
    77%

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

  • Mark 8:14
    77%

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

  • Matt 15:16
    76%

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

  • John 6:5
    75%

    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 6:41
    73%

    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 8:1
    73%

    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,

  • Mark 6:52
    73%

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

  • John 6:26
    72%

    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.

  • John 6:7
    72%

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