Luke 9:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, `Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

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  • Matt 15:23 : 23 And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because she crieth after us;'
  • Matt 15:32 : 32 And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, `I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'
  • Mark 6:35-44 : 35 And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, -- `The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced, 36 let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.' 37 And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?' 38 And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.' 39 And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass, 40 and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties. 41 And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves, and was giving to his disciples, that they may set before them, and the two fishes divided he to all, 42 and they did all eat, and were filled, 43 and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes, 44 and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.
  • John 6:1 : 1 After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias),
  • John 6:5-9 : 5 Jesus then having lifted up `his' eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' -- 6 and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do. 7 Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;' 8 one of his disciples -- Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter -- saith to him, 9 `There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these -- what are they to so many?' 10 And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand, 11 and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished. 12 And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;' 13 they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten. 14 The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- `This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;' 15 Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.
  • Ps 78:19-20 : 19 And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?' 20 Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread `is' He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'
  • Ezek 34:25 : 25 And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in forests.
  • Hos 13:5 : 5 I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.
  • Matt 14:15-21 : 15 and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.' 16 And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.' 17 And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.' 18 And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.' 19 And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes, 20 and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full; 21 and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.

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    13 and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

    14 And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

    15 and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'

    16 And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.'

    17 And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'

    18 And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.'

    19 And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

    20 and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

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    36 let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

    37 And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'

    38 And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.'

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    3 and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

    4 And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

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