Matthew 15:33

WEB

³³The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”

KJV

³³And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

BSB

³³The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

FBV

³³“Where could we find enough bread here in this desert to feed such a huge crowd?” the disciples responded.

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Extra References

Matthew 14:15

¹⁵When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”

Luke 9:13

¹³But 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.”

Mark 8:4-5

⁴His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”

⁵He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”

Mark 6:37

³⁷But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii^[+] of bread and give them something to eat?”

John 6:5-9

⁵Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?” ⁶He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii^[+] of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”

⁸One 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?”

2 Kings 4:42-44

⁴²A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”

⁴³His servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?” But he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for the LORD says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’”

⁴⁴So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to the LORD’s word.

Numbers 11:21-22

²¹Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’ ²²Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”