17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
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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? …
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? …
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.
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? …
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? …
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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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