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Matthew 16:7

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And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
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  1. Mark 8:16–18Rank 1 from verse 7
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    16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

    17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

    18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

  2. Acts 10:14Rank 2 from verse 7
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    14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

  3. Luke 9:46Rank 3 from verse 7
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    46¶ Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.

  4. Mark 9:10Rank 4 from verse 7
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    10And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

  5. Matthew 15:16–18Rank 5 from verse 7
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    16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

    17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

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Matthew 16:7

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reasoned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of reason, meaning to think, discuss, or argue.

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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16:6¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

16:7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

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16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

16:11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

16:12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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