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Mark 6:37

But 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?”

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ASV

But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred shillings’ worth of bread, and give them to eat?

KJV

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὁho<the>G3588 →
δὲdeButG1161 →
ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweringG611 →
εἶπενeipenHe saidG2036 →
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846 →
δότεdotedo giveG1325 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771 →
φαγεῖν.phagein[something] to eat.G5315 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
λέγουσινlegousinthey sayG3004 →
αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846 →
ἀπελθόντεςapelthontesHaving goneG565 →
ἀγοράσωμενagorasōmenshall we buyG59 →
δηναρίωνdēnariōndenariiG1220 →
διακοσίωνdiakosiōntwo hundredG1250 →
ἄρτουςartousof breadG740 →
καὶkaiand [then]G2532 →
δώσομενdōsomenwe will giveG1325 →
αὐτοῖςautoisthem [it]G846 →
φαγεῖν;¶phageinto eat?G5315 →

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2 Kings 4:42–44Now 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.Matthew 15:32–33Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”Luke 9:13But 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.”Matthew 14:16“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”Mark 8:2–3“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.Numbers 11:13Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’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 6:4–10Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”John 6:7Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”Matthew 15:33The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”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.”Numbers 11:22If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

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