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John 6:9
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
John 6:9 · World English Bible
John 6:9 in other translations
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"
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In context
6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,
9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”
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