16But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
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And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. …
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. …
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-21)This passage of story, concerning Christ’s feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes , is recorded by all the four Evangelists, which very few, if any, of Christ’s miracles are: this intimates that there is something in it worthy of special remark. Observe, I. The great resort of people to Christ, when he was retired into a desert place , Matt. 14:13. He withdrew into privacy when…
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