2 Kings 4:43

World English Bible (2000)

His servant said, "What, should I set this before a hundred men?" But he said, "Give the people, that they may eat; for thus says Yahweh, 'They will eat, and will have some left over.'"

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  • Luke 9:13 : 13 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people."
  • John 6:9 : 9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"
  • Matt 14:20 : 20 They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.
  • Matt 15:33-34 : 33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?" 34 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
  • Matt 15:37 : 37 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
  • Matt 16:8-9 : 8 Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?' 9 Don't you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 10 Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
  • Mark 6:37-39 : 37 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?" 38 He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish." 39 He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.
  • Mark 6:42-43 : 42 They all ate, and were filled. 43 They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.
  • Mark 8:4 : 4 His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
  • Mark 8:20 : 20 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven."
  • John 6:11-13 : 11 Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired. 12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost." 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.
  • Luke 9:17 : 17 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
  • Matt 14:16-17 : 16 But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat." 17 They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 4:44
    90%

    44 So he set it before them, and they ate, and left some of it, according to the word of Yahweh.

  • 2 Kgs 4:40-42
    3 verses
    82%

    40 So they poured out for the men to eat. It happened, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, "Man of God, there is death in the pot!" They could not eat of it.

    41 But he said, "Then bring meal." He cast it into the pot; and he said, "Pour out for the people, that they may eat." There was no harm in the pot.

    42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."

  • Mark 6:36-37
    2 verses
    75%

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

    37 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"

  • Matt 14:16
    74%

    16 But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

  • Luke 9:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

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

    14 For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

  • 2 Kgs 4:38
    74%

    38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, "Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."

  • 2 Kgs 6:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 He answered, "You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."

    23 He prepared great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.

  • Mark 8:4-7
    4 verses
    72%

    4 His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

    5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

    6 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.

    7 They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.

  • Matt 15:33
    71%

    33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
    71%

    15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me, and eat bread."

  • Gen 18:5
    71%

    5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

  • John 6:9
    71%

    9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"

  • John 6:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."

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

  • 1 Kgs 17:11-14
    4 verses
    71%

    11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."

    12 She said, "As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die."

    13 Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.

    14 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'"

  • Matt 15:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

    37 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

  • 2 Kgs 7:2
    70%

    2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?" He said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

  • 1 Sam 9:23
    70%

    23 Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, 'Set it aside.'"

  • 2 Kgs 7:13
    70%

    13 One of his servants answered, "Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are consumed. Let us send and see."

  • Exod 16:16
    70%

    16 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: "Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent."

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
    70%

    21 He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.

  • Mark 6:44
    69%

    44 Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

  • 1 Sam 10:4
    69%

    4 and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand.

  • 1 Kgs 13:20
    69%

    20 It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back;

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    69%

    13 Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

  • Num 11:22
    69%

    22 Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?"

  • 1 Sam 25:11
    69%

    11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?"

  • Luke 9:17
    69%

    17 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

  • Gen 24:33
    69%

    33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."

  • Exod 16:32
    69%

    32 Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.'"

  • 1 Sam 2:36
    69%

    36 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

  • Mark 6:42
    69%

    42 They all ate, and were filled.

  • Num 11:13
    69%

    13 Where could I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.'

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    69%

    23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.

  • John 6:5
    69%

    5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"

  • 1 Kgs 13:9
    69%

    9 for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.'"

  • Matt 14:20
    69%

    20 They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.

  • John 6:7
    68%

    7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little."