John 6:9

Andrew points to a boy's five loaves and two fish, then admits they are nothing against such a crowd. It shows how Jesus uses meager, surrendered resources to do the impossible.

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• 2 Kgs 4:42–44Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
• Mark 6:38“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
• Matt 14:17“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
• Luke 9:13But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
• Ps 78:19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
• Mark 8:19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
• Matt 16:9Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
• Deut 8:8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
• Ps 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
• 2 Cor 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
• Ps 147:14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
• 2 Kgs 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
• Ps 78:41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
• Deut 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
• John 6:7Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
• Ezek 27:17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
• John 11:32When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
• John 11:21Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
• 1 Kgs 4:28Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
• Rev 6:6And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”

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