Matthew 15:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

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  • Matt 14:19-21 : 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.
  • Mark 6:39-40 : 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.
  • Luke 9:14-16 : 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.
  • John 6:10 : 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.

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  • Mark 8:4-9
    6 verses
    88%

    4And his disciples answered him, From where can anyone satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?

    5And he asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.

    6And 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.

    7And they had a few small fish, and he blessed them, and commanded to set them also before them.

    8So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven baskets of the leftover fragments.

    9And those who had eaten were about four thousand, and he sent them away.

  • Matt 14:15-20
    6 verses
    85%

    15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a deserted place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.

    16But Jesus said to them, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.

    17And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish.

    18He said, Bring them here to me.

    19And 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.

    20And they all ate and were filled: and they took up twelve baskets full of the leftover fragments.

  • Luke 9:13-17
    5 verses
    85%

    13But 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.

    14For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in groups of fifty.

    15And they did so, and made them all sit down.

    16Then 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.

    17And they ate, and were all filled, and twelve baskets of leftover fragments were taken up by them.

  • Mark 6:34-44
    11 verses
    83%

    34And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

    35And 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:

    36Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

    37He 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?

    38He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fish.

    39And he commanded them to make all sit down by groups on the green grass.

    40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

    41And 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.

    42And they all ate and were filled.

    43And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fish.

    44And those who ate the loaves were about five thousand men.

  • Matt 15:36-39
    4 verses
    83%

    36And 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.

    37And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full.

    38And those that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

    39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

  • John 6:9-13
    5 verses
    83%

    9There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish: but what are they among so many?

    10And 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.

    11And 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.

    12When they were filled, he said to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.

    13Therefore 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.

  • Matt 15:33-34
    2 verses
    79%

    33And his disciples said to him, Where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

    34And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish.

  • Matt 15:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the Sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

    30And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

  • Mark 8:1
    76%

    1In those days, the crowd being very large, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them,

  • Matt 13:2
    76%

    2And a great multitude gathered to Him, so He went into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

  • Matt 5:1
    75%

    1And seeing the crowds, he went up on a mountain: and when he sat down, his disciples came to him:

  • John 6:3
    74%

    3And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

  • John 6:5
    73%

    5When 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?

  • Matt 8:18
    73%

    18Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave the command to depart to the other side.

  • Matt 15:10
    73%

    10And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

  • John 21:13
    72%

    13Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and fish likewise.

  • Luke 5:3
    71%

    3And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to push out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.