Matthew 15:35

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

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  • Matt 14:19-21 : 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.
  • Mark 6:39-40 : 39 Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.
  • Luke 9:14-16 : 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.
  • John 6:10 : 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.

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  • Mark 8:4-9
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    4His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

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

    6Then 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.

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

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

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

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    15When 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.”

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

    17They said to him,“We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

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

    19Then 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.

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

  • Luke 9:13-17
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    13But 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.”

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

    16Then 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.

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

  • Mark 6:34-44
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    34As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

    35When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said,“This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

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

    37But 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?”

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

    39Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

    40So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.

    41He 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.

    42They all ate and were satisfied,

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

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

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    36he 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.

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

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

    39After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

  • John 6:9-13
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    9“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”

    10Jesus 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.

    11Then 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.

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

    13So 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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    33The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

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

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    29Healing Many Others When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

    30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

  • 1The 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,

  • 2And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

  • 1The Beatitudes When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

  • 3So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

  • 5Then 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?”

  • 18Challenging Professed Followers Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

  • 10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

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

  • 3He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.