39He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.


In Context

36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.|

37 But he answered them, |You give them something to eat.| They asked him, |Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?|

38 He said to them, |How many loaves do you have? Go see.| When they knew, they said, |Five, and two fish.|

39 He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

40 They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.

Mark 6:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:39Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:39And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:39And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:39And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:39And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:39And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies on the green grass.