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John 6:9–11

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9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two nsmall fishes: but what are they among so many? 10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now othere was much grass in the place. So pthe men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had qgiven thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of nthe fishes as much as they would.

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John 6:11: Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.

Footnotes

  1. nver. 11. ch. 21:9, 10, 13 in the Gk.
  2. oComp. ver. 4. Joel 2:23.
  3. pComp. Matt. 14:21.
  4. qver. 23. See Matt. 15:36.
  5. nver. 11. ch. 21:9, 10, 13 in the Gk.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand. Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks he distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

NLTNew Living Translation

“There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”

“Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?” Jesus said, “Make the people recline.” (Now there was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men reclined, approximately five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the bread, and after he had given thanks, he distributed it to those who were reclining—likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.