Luke 9:14 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁴ For there were about five thousand men. And He said to His taught ones, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ For there were about 5,000 men. And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Have them [sit down] reclining in table groups (companies) of about fifty each.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ (They said this because about five thousand men were present.) Jesus said to his disciples, “Seat them in groups of about fifty.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Now there were about five thousand men. So he said to his disciples, "Have them recline to eat in groups of fifty."

Luke 9:14 Cross References

Mark 8:6

And He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, He broke them and gave them to His taught ones to set before them. And they set them before the crowd.

Luke 9:13

But He said to them, “You give them to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

Luke 9:15

And they did so, and made them all sit down.

1 Corinthians 14:40

Let all be done decently and in order.