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Luke 9:13

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

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ASV

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

KJV

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

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32 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΕἶπενEipenHe saidG2036 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
αὐτούς·autousthem;G846 →
δότεdotedo giveG1325 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771 →
φαγεῖν.phageinto eat.G5315 →
οἱhoi<the>G3588 →
δὲdeButG1161 →
εἶπαν·eipanthey said;G2036 →
οὐκoukNotG3756 →
εἰσὶνeisinthere areG1510 →
ἡμῖνhēminto usG3165 →
πλεῖονpleionmoreG4119 →
ἢēthanG2228 →
ἄρτοιartoiloavesG740 →
πέντεpentefiveG4002 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἰχθύεςichthuesfishG2486 →
δύο,duotwo,G1417 →
εἰeiexceptG1487 →
μήτιmētisurely evenG3385 →
πορευθέντεςporeuthenteshaving goneG4198 →
ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165 →
ἀγοράσωμενagorasōmenshall buyG59 →
εἰςeisforG1519 →
πάνταpantaallG3956 →
τὸνton<the>G3588 →
λαὸνlaonpeopleG2992 →
τοῦτονtoutonthisG3778 →
βρώματα.brōmatafood.G1033 →

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John 6:9“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”Proverbs 11:24–25One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.2 Kings 4:43But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”John 6:5–9When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”2 Kings 4:42–43Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.Mark 6:37–38But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”Mark 8:5“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.Matthew 14:17“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.Mark 6:37But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”Mark 6:38“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”Matthew 14:16–17“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”Matthew 15:33The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”Luke 8:45“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”Numbers 11:21–23But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’John 4:8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)2 Kings 4:38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

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