"And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground." — Matthew 15:35

Matthew 15:35 · KJV

“And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.”

— Matthew 15:35

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

And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake {them}, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Matthew 15 — Context

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

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

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake {them}, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken {meat} that was left seven baskets full.

Cross References

John 6:10

And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

Mark 6:39-40

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

Luke 9:14-16

For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

Matthew 14:19-21

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.