"And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes." — Matthew 14:17

Matthew 14:17 · KJV

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

— Matthew 14:17

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

He said, Bring them hither to me.

Matthew 14 — Context

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

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

He said, Bring them hither to me.

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to {his} disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Cross References

Matthew 15:33-34

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

Mark 6:37-38

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}

John 6:5-9

When Jesus then lifted up {his} eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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.

Matthew 16:9

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Mark 8:4-5

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these {men} with bread here in the wilderness?

Psalms 78:19-20

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? {furnish: Heb. order}

Numbers 11:21-23

And Moses said, The people, among whom I {am}, {are} six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.