Verse 9

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

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 4:42-44 : 42 Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet– twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said,“Set it before the people so they may eat.” 43 But his attendant said,“How can I feed a hundred men with this?” He replied,“Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the LORD has said,‘They will eat and have some left over.’” 44 So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as in the LORD’S message.
  • 2 Kgs 7:1 : 1 Elisha replied,“Listen to the LORD’s message. This is what the LORD has said,‘About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”
  • Ps 78:19 : 19 They insulted God, saying,“Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 “I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”
  • Ps 147:14 : 14 He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.
  • Ezek 27:17 : 17 Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise.
  • Matt 14:17 : 17 They said to him,“We have here only five loaves and two 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 6:38 : 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 8:19 : 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Twelve.”
  • 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 6:7 : 7 Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”
  • John 11:21 : 21 Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
  • John 11:32 : 32 Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying,“A quart of wheat will cost a day’s pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”
  • Deut 8:8 : 8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, of olive trees and honey,
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.
  • 1 Kgs 4:28 : 28 Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.