Matthew 14:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Jesus answered, “The people don’t need to go away. You give them some food to eat.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, “There’s no need to send them away. You give them something to eat.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat.

Matthew 14:16 Cross References

Proverbs 11:24

If a person gives freely, then he will gain even more. But if a person refuses to give, then he will become poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Invest what you have in several different things. {\cf2\super [42]} You don’t know what bad things might happen on earth.

Matthew 14:15

Late that afternoon, the followers came to Jesus and said, “No people live in this place. And it is already late. Send the people away so they can go to the towns and buy food for themselves.”

Matthew 14:17

The followers answered, “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish.”

Luke 3:11

John answered, “If you have two shirts, share with the person that does not have one. If you have food, share that too.”

John 13:29

Judas was the one that kept the money box \{for the group\}. So some of the followers thought that Jesus meant for Judas to go and buy some things they needed for the feast. Or they thought that Jesus wanted Judas to go give something to the poor people.