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Mark 6:36–37

36 pSend them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 37 But he answered them, qYou give them something to eat.” And rthey said to him, s“Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii6 worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”

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Mark 6:36–37 — The New International Version (NIV)

36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But he answered, You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”

Mark 6:36–37 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. 37 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?

Mark 6:36–37 — New Living Translation (NLT)

36 Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby farms and villages and buy something to eat.”

37 But Jesus said, You feed them.”

“With what?” they asked. “We’d have to work for months to earn enough money to buy food for all these people!”

Mark 6:36–37 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.”

37 But He answered and said to them, You give them something to eat.”

And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”

Mark 6:36–37 — New Century Version (NCV)

36 Send the people away so they can go to the countryside and towns around here to buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But Jesus answered, You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “We would all have to work a month to earn enough money to buy that much bread!”

Mark 6:36–37 — American Standard Version (ASV)

36 send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat. 37 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?

Mark 6:36–37 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

36 send them away that they may go into the country and villages around, and buy themselves bread, for they have not anything they can eat. 37 And he answering said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat?

Mark 6:36–37 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

36 Send the people to the closest farms and villages to buy themselves something to eat.” 

37 Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.” 

They said to him, “Should we go and spend about a year’s wages on bread to feed them?” 

Mark 6:36–37 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

36 Send them away, so they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”

37 You give them something to eat,” He responded.

They said to Him, “Should we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”

Mark 6:36–37 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.” 37 But he answered them, You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?”

Mark 6:36–37 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages and purchase something to eat for themselves.” 37 But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Should we go and purchase bread for two hundred denarii and give it to them to eat?”

Mark 6:36–37 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

36 Send the people away. They can go and buy something to eat in the nearby countryside and villages.”

37 But Jesus answered, “You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take eight months of a person’s pay! Should we go and spend that much on bread? Are we supposed to feed them?”

Mark 6:36–37 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But He answered them, You give them something to eat!” And they said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread and give them something to eat?”


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