16He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.


In Context

13 But he said to them, |You give them something to eat.| They said, |We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.|

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

15 They did so, and made them all sit down.

16 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

17 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

18 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, |Who do the multitudes say that I am?|

Luke 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Taking 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them; and he broke, and distributed to his disciples, to set before the multitude.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven he blessed them, and broke and gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16Then he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.