14They answered, "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish--unless we go and buy food for all this crowd." (About five thousand men were there.)


In Context

11 but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here."

13 He replied, "You give them something to eat."

14 They answered, "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish--unless we go and buy food for all this crowd." (About five thousand men were there.)

15 But he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each." The disciples did so, and everybody sat down.

16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

Luke 9:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:14For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:14Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:14For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:14For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, |Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, 'Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:14For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.