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Matthew 14:17
And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
Matthew 14:17 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 14:17 in other translations
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
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In context
14 And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.
15 And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.
16 But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.
17 And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
18 And he said, Give them to me.
19 And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
20 And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.
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