Luke 9:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Then Jesus took the five loaves of bread and two fish. Jesus looked up into the sky and thanked God for the food. Then Jesus divided the food and gave it to the followers. Jesus told the followers to give the food to the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And taking the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven and [praising God] gave thanks and asked Him to bless them [to their use]. Then He broke them and gave them to the disciples to place before the multitude.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them, and broke them and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish, he gazed up to heaven, and he blessed and broke and distributed them to his disciples, in order to set them before the crowd.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them; and he broke, and distributed to his disciples, to set before the multitude.

Luke 9:16 Cross References

Matthew 14:19

Then Jesus told the people to sit down on the grass. Jesus took the five loaves of bread and the two fish. Jesus looked into the sky and thanked God for the food. Then Jesus divided the loaves of bread. Jesus gave the bread to the followers, and the followers gave the bread to the people.

Matthew 15:36

Jesus took the seven loaves of bread and the fish. Then Jesus gave thanks to God for the food. Jesus divided the food and gave it to the followers. The followers gave the food to the people.

Mark 7:34

Jesus looked up to the sky and made a breathing sound. Jesus said to the man, “Ephphatha!” (This means, “Open!”)

Luke 22:19

Then Jesus took some bread. He thanked God for the bread and divided it. He gave it to the apostles. {\cf2\super [349]} Then Jesus said, “This bread is my body that I am giving for you. Eat this to remember me.”

Luke 24:30

Jesus got ready to eat with them and took some bread. He gave thanks for the food and divided it. Then he gave it to them.

Luke 9:15

So the followers did this and all the people sat down.

Luke 9:17

All the people ate and were filled. And there was much food left. Twelve baskets were filled with the pieces of food that were not eaten.

John 6:11

Then Jesus held the loaves of bread. Jesus thanked God for the bread and gave it to the people that were waiting to eat. He did the same with the fish. Jesus gave the people as much as they wanted.

John 6:23

But then some boats from Tiberias came. The boats landed near the place where the people had eaten \{the day before\}. This was where they had eaten the bread after the Lord (Jesus) gave thanks.

Acts 27:35

After he said this, Paul took some bread and thanked God for it before all of them. He broke off a piece and began eating.

Romans 14:6

The person that thinks one day is more important than other days is doing that for the Lord. And the person that eats all kinds of food is doing that for the Lord. Yes, he gives thanks to God \{for that food\}. And the person that refuses to eat some foods does that for the Lord. And he gives thanks to God.

1 Corinthians 10:30

I eat the meal with thankfulness. So I don’t want to be criticized because of something I thank God for.

1 Corinthians 11:24

and gave thanks for it. Then he divided the bread and said, “This is my body; it is for you. Eat this to remember me.”

1 Samuel 9:13

So, go into town and you will find him. If you hurry, you can catch him before he goes up to eat at the place for worship. The seer blesses the sacrifice. So the people won’t start eating until he gets there. If you hurry, you can find the seer.”