Mark 6:38
He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fish.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
He asked them, 'How many loaves do you have? Go and see.' When they found out, they said, 'Five, and two fish.'
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And he saith{G3004} unto them,{G846} How many{G4214} loaves{G740} have ye?{G2192} go{G5217} [and]{G2532} see.{G1492} And{G2532} when they knew,{G1097} they say,{G3004} Five,{G4002} and{G2532} two{G1417} fishes.{G2486}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
{G1161} He saith{G3004}{(G5719)} unto them{G846}, How many{G4214} loaves{G740} have ye{G2192}{(G5719)}? go{G5217}{(G5720)} and{G2532} see{G1492}{(G5628)}. And{G2532} when they knew{G1097}{(G5631)}, they say{G3004}{(G5719)}, Five{G4002}, and{G2532} two{G1417} fishes{G2486}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
He sayde vnto the: how many loves have ye? Goo and loke. And when they had serched they sayde: v. and.ii. fysshes.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto them: How many loaues haue ye? Go and se. And when they had searched, they sayde: Fyue, and two fisshes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Then he sayde vnto them, Howe many loaues haue ye? Goe and looke; when they knewe it, they sayd, Fiue, and two fishes.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
He sayde vnto them: Howe many loaues haue ye, go loke? And when they had searched, they sayde, fyue, and two fisshes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
He saith unto them, ‹How many loaves have ye? go and see.› And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Webster's Bible (1833)
He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.'
American Standard Version (1901)
And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go `and' see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
American Standard Version (1901)
And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go [and] see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
He said to them,“How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said,“Five– and two fish.”
Referenced Verses
- Matt 15:34 : 34 And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish.
- Mark 8:5 : 5 And he asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.
- Luke 9:13 : 13 But he said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish; unless we go and buy food for all these people.
- John 6:9 : 9 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish: but what are they among so many?
- Matt 14:17-18 : 17 And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish. 18 He said, Bring them here to me.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Matt 14:16-216 verses88%
16 But Jesus said to them, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.
17 And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish.
18 He said, Bring them here to me.
19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude.
20 And they all ate and were filled: and they took up twelve baskets full of the leftover fragments.
21 And those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
- Luke 9:13-175 verses87%
13 But he said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish; unless we go and buy food for all these people.
14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in groups of fifty.
15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.
17 And they ate, and were all filled, and twelve baskets of leftover fragments were taken up by them.
- Matt 15:33-375 verses87%
33 And his disciples said to him, Where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
34 And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish.
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full.
- Mark 6:35-373 verses87%
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far spent:
36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them to eat?
- Mark 8:4-96 verses85%
4 And his disciples answered him, From where can anyone satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.
7 And they had a few small fish, and he blessed them, and commanded to set them also before them.
8 So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven baskets of the leftover fragments.
9 And those who had eaten were about four thousand, and he sent them away.
- John 6:5-139 verses85%
5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company coming to him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread, so these may eat?
6 And he said this to test him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
9 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish: but what are they among so many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting; and likewise of the fish as much as they wanted.
12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which were left over after those who had eaten.
- Mark 6:39-446 verses84%
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by groups on the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fish he divided among them all.
42 And they all ate and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fish.
44 And those who ate the loaves were about five thousand men.
- Mark 8:19-202 verses81%
19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up? And they said, Seven.
- Matt 16:8-103 verses79%
8 Which when Jesus perceived, He said to them, O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves, because you have brought no bread?
9 Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
- John 21:5-62 verses77%
5 Then Jesus said to them, Children, do you have any fish? They answered him, No.
6 And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. They cast it, and now they were unable to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.
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1 In those days, the crowd being very large, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them,
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10 Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish you have just caught.
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13 Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and fish likewise.