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Matthew 15:33

The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

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ASV

And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?

KJV

And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
λέγουσινlegousinsayG3004 →
αὐτῷautōto HimG846 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
μαθηταίmathētaidisciplesG3101 →
πόθενpothenFrom whereG4159 →
ἡμῖνhēminto usG3165 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ἐρημίᾳerēmiaa secluded placeG2047 →
ἄρτοιartoiloavesG740 →
τοσοῦτοιtosoutoiso manyG5118 →
ὥστεhōsteasG5620 →
χορτάσαιchortasaito satisfyG5526 →
ὄχλονochlona crowdG3793 →
τοσοῦτον;¶tosoutonso great?G5118 →

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Matthew 6:31Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’Mark 8:4His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”Numbers 11:13Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’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?”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 8:4–5His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”Matthew 14:15When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”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.”John 6:5When 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?”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?”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.Numbers 11:21–22But 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.’Matthew 14:20They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.Matthew 15:37They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

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