Matthew 14:16 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 14:16

“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.

KJV

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 16.) But Jesus said to them: They have no need to go. They have no need to seek different foods, and buy for themselves unknown breads, when they have heavenly bread with them. On that day he commanded you to eat. He challenged the apostles to break the bread, so that, in them testifying that he did not have it, the greatness of the sign may become more known.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They need not depart - He that seeks first the kingdom of heaven is sure to have every temporal requisite. When a man ensures the first, God always takes care to throw the other into the bargain. He who has an interest in Jesus has in him an inexhaustible treasure of spiritual and temporal good. Though the means by which man may help his fellows have failed, we are not to suppose that the bounty of God is exhausted.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3046: “One of the Master's Choice Sayings” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1907)

OF course the Master was right, but He appeared to speak unreasonably. It seemed self-evident that the people very much needed to depart. They had been all day long hearing the Preacher. The most of them had not broken their fast and they were ready to faint for hunger. The only chance of their being fed was to let them break up into small parties and forage for themselves among the surrounding villages. But our Lord declared that there was no necessity for them to go away from Him, even though they were hungry, famished and in a desert place.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
οὐ	ou	No	G3756 →
χρείαν	chreian	need	G5532 →
ἔχουσιν	echousin	they have	G2192 →
ἀπελθεῖν·	apelthein	to go away;	G565 →
δότε	dote	do give	G1325 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
φαγεῖν.	phagein	to eat.	G5315 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 11:24
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
leads to
- Psalms 112:9
  He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 19:17
  Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Luke 6:38
  Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…
- Deuteronomy 15:10
  Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything…
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
  Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Through
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:18–19
  Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
- Job 5:19
  He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- Proverbs 6:16
  There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew