10Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.


In Context

7 Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"

8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,

9 "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"

10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."

John 6:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:10Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:10Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:10Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. (Now there was much grass in the place.) So the men sat down in number about five thousand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:10Jesus said, |Have the people sit down.| Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:10And Jesus said, 'Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.