18 Note that the fish mentioned previously (in John 6:9) are not emphasized here, only the five barley loaves. This is easy to understand, however, because the bread is of primary importance for the author in view of Jesus’ upcoming discourse on the Bread of Life.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

NLTNew Living Translation

So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So they gathered them, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

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