Mark 6:37
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
He answered and said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate. And they say vnto him, Shall we goe and buy two hundred †penniworth of bread, and giue them to eate?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Translator clarificationThe Rom. penie is seuen pence halfe penie as Mat. 18.28
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- 2 Kings 4:42–44Rank 1 from verse 37
42¶ And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
43And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
44So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
42¶ And there came a man from Baal-Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twentie loaues of barley, and full eares of corne ‖in the huske thereof: and he said, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.
43And his seruitour saide, What should I set this before an hundred men? He said againe, Giue the people, that they may eate: for thus saith the LORD, *They shall eate, and shall leaue thereof.
44So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
13But he said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate. And they said, Wee haue no more but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we should goe and buy meate for all this people.
- Mark 8:2–3Rank 3 from verse 37
2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
2I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue now bene with me three daies, and haue nothing to eat:
3And if I send them away fasting to their owne houses, they will faint by the way: for diuers of them came from farre.
- Matthew 14:16Rank 4 from verse 37
- Matthew 15:32–33Rank 5 from verse 37
32¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
32¶ *Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33And his disciples say vnto him, Whence should we haue so much bread in the wildernesse, as to fill so great a multitude?
- Numbers 11:13Rank 6 from verse 37
- 2 Kings 7:2Rank 7 from verse 37
2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2Then †a lord on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windowes in heauen, might this thing bee? and he saide, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eies, but shalt not eate thereof.
- John 6:4–10Rank 8 from verse 37
4And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5¶ When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
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.
4*And the Passeouer, a feast of the Iewes, was nigh.
5¶ *When Iesus then lift vp his eyes, and saw a great company come vnto him, he saith vnto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eate?
6(And this he said to proue him: for he himselfe knew what he would doe)
7Philip answered him, Two hundred peny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that euery one of them may take a litle.
8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peters brother, saith vnto him,
9There is a lad here, which hath fiue barley loaues, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10And Iesus said, Make the men sit downe. Now there was much grasse in the place. So the men sate downe, in number about fiue thousand.
- Numbers 11:21–23Rank 9 from verse 37
21And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
22Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
23And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
21And Moses said, The people amongst whome I am, are sixe hundred thousand footmen, and thou hast said, I will giue them flesh, that they may eate a whole moneth.
22Shall the flockes and the herds be slaine for them to suffice them? or shal all the fish of the sea bee gathered together for them, to suffice them?
23And the LORD said vnto Moses, *Is the LORDs hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to passe vnto thee, or not.
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Mark 6:37
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To obtain by payment or at a price; to purchase or acquire.
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pennyworth
An amount worth the stated number of pennies.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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6:32And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
6:32*And they departed into a desert place by ship priuately.
6:33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
6:33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ranne afoote thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together vnto him.
6:34And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
6:34*And Iesus when he came out, saw much people, and was moued with compassion toward them, because they were as sheepe not hauing a shepherd: and hee beganne to teach them many things.
6:35And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
6:35*And when the day was now far spent, his Disciples came vnto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is farre passed.
6:36Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
6:36Send them away, that they may goe into the countrey round about, and into the villages, and buy themselues bread: for they haue nothing to eate.
6:37He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
6:37He answered and said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate. And they say vnto him, Shall we goe and buy two hundred †penniworth of bread, and giue them to eate?
Selected passage6:38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
6:38He saith vnto them, How many loaues haue yee? goe, and see. And when they knew, they say, Fiue, and two fishes.
6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
6:39And he commanded them to make all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.
6:40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
6:40And they sate downe in rankes by hundreds, and by fifties.
6:41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
6:41And when he had taken the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, he looked vp to heauen, and blessed, and brake the loaues, and gaue them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes diuided he among them all.
6:42And they did all eat, and were filled.
6:42And they did all eate, and were filled.
6:43And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
6:43And they tooke vp twelue baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
6:44And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
6:44And they that did eate of the loaues, were about fiue thousand men.