Matthew 15:35 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And ordering the crowd to recline on the ground,

American Standard Version (1901)

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

Common English Bible

He told the crowd to sit on the ground.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he instructed the crowds to recline upon the ground.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.

Matthew 15:35 Cross References

Matthew 15:34

Jesus replied, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They said, “[We have] seven [loaves] and a few small fish.”

Matthew 15:36

and He took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks to God for them. He divided the food and gave it to the disciples who, [in turn], distributed it to the crowds.

John 6:10

Jesus answered, “Have these people recline [on the ground].” Now there was a lot of grass in that place. So, the men, numbering about five thousand, reclined [on the grass].