"He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes." — Mark 6:38

Mark 6:38 · KJV

“He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.”

— Mark 6:38

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? {pennyworth: the Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny}

Verse 39

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Mark 6 — Context

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.

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

Cross References

Matthew 15:34

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

Mark 8:5

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

Matthew 14:17-18

And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

John 6:9

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

Luke 9:13

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.