Luke 9:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For there were about five thousand men [there]. So, He said to His disciples, “Have these people recline [on the grass. See Matt. 14:19] in groups of about fifty each.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For there were about 5,000 men. And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Have them [sit down] reclining in table groups (companies) of about fifty each.

American Standard Version (1901)

For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.

Common English Bible

(They said this because about five thousand men were present.) Jesus said to his disciples, “Seat them in groups of about fifty.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now there were about five thousand men. So he said to his disciples, "Have them recline to eat in groups of fifty."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

Luke 9:14 Cross References

Mark 8:6

Then He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks to God [for them], He divided the food and gave it to His disciples to set in front of them. They [in turn] set it in front of the crowd.

Luke 9:13

But He said to the apostles, “You men give them something to eat.” But they replied, “We have only five loaves of [barley] bread [See John 6:9] and two [probably smoked] fish, unless we go and buy [more] food for all these people.”

Luke 9:15

So, the disciples did this, and had all the people recline [on the grass in groups].

1 Corinthians 14:40

But everything [in the assembly] should be done properly and orderly.