Some give freely, yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.
Matthew 14:16 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat. American Standard Version (1901) But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat. Common English Bible But Jesus said to them, “There’s no need to send them away. You give them something to eat.” Catholic Public Domain Version But Jesus said to them: "They have no need to go. Give them something to eat yourselves." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat. |
Some give freely, yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.
Divide your means seven ways, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may happen on earth.
When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.”
Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival”; or, that he should give something to the poor.