When it became evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is deserted and it is getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the towns and buy food [for their supper].”
Matthew 14:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you men give them [something] to eat.” More versionsKing 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. |
When it became evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is deserted and it is getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the towns and buy food [for their supper].”
And they replied, “But we have here [only] five loaves of [barley] bread [See John 6:9] and two [probably smoked] fish.”
And he answered them, “The person who has two coats should give [one of them] to the person who does not have any; and the person who has food should do the same thing.”
For some of them thought, since Judas was in charge of the [money] bag, that Jesus was telling him, “Buy whatever we need for the [Passover] meal,” or that he was [being told] to give [money] to poor people [from it].