Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
- BSB “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
- NKJV Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
- NASB And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
- NLT Jesus asked, “How much bread do you have?” They replied, “Seven loaves, and a few small fish.”
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Cross-references · 3
- Matt 16:9–10Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
- Luke 24:41–42While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
- John 21:9–10So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
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