Matthew 14:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something 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

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on earth.

Matthew 14:15

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Matthew 14:17

They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”

Luke 3:11

And he answered them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”

John 13:29

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast”; or, that he should give something to the poor.