Matthew 14:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They said to him,“We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

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  • Matt 15:33-34 : 33 The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?” 34 Jesus said to them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven– and a few small fish.”
  • Matt 16:9 : 9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
  • Mark 6:37-38 : 37 But he answered them,“You give them something to eat.” And they said,“Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?” 38 He said to them,“How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said,“Five– and two fish.”
  • Mark 8:4-5 : 4 His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?” 5 He asked them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven.”
  • Luke 9:13 : 13 But he said to them,“You give them something to eat.” They replied,“We have no more than five loaves and two fish– unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
  • John 6:5-9 : 5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?” 6 (Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.) 7 Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.” 8 One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 Moses said,“The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say,‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22 Would they have enough if the flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” 23 And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”
  • Ps 78:19-20 : 19 They insulted God, saying,“Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness? 20 Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

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  • Luke 9:12-17
    6 verses
    90%

    12 Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus,“Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”

    13 But he said to them,“You give them something to eat.” They replied,“We have no more than five loaves and two fish– unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

    14 (Now about five thousand men were there.) Then he said to his disciples,“Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

    15 So they did as Jesus directed, and the people all sat down.

    16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

    17 They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up– twelve baskets of broken pieces.

  • Mark 6:36-38
    3 verses
    88%

    36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

    37 But he answered them,“You give them something to eat.” And they said,“Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?”

    38 He said to them,“How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said,“Five– and two fish.”

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    33 The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

    34 Jesus said to them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven– and a few small fish.”

    35 After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

    36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.

    37 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

    38 Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.

  • John 6:7-13
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    87%

    7 Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

    8 One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

    9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”

    10 Jesus said,“Have the people sit down.”(Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

    11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.

    12 When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples,“Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.”

    13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.

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    18 “Bring them here to me,” he replied.

    19 Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.

    20 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

    21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

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    15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying,“This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

    16 But he replied,“They don’t need to go. You give them something to eat.”

  • Mark 8:4-9
    6 verses
    83%

    4 His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

    5 He asked them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven.”

    6 Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

    7 They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

    8 Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

    9 There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.

  • Mark 6:41-44
    4 verses
    81%

    41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.

    42 They all ate and were satisfied,

    43 and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.

    44 Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.

  • 5 So Jesus said to them,“Children, you don’t have any fish, do you?” They replied,“No.”

  • Mark 8:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Twelve.”

    20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Seven.”

  • Matt 16:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8 When Jesus learned of this, he said,“You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread?

    9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

    10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?

  • 5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

  • 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.

  • 10 Jesus said,“Bring some of the fish you have just now caught.”

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 The Feeding of the Four Thousand In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

    2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

  • 14 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.