Mark 6:39 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁹ And He ordered them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ Then He commanded the people all to recline on the green grass by companies.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Common English Bible

³⁹ He directed the disciples to seat all the people in groups as though they were having a banquet on the green grass.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ And he instructed them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.

Mark 6:39 Cross References

1 Kings 10:5

and the food on his table, and the seating of his servants, and the service of his waiters and their attire, and his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he offered in the House of יהוה, and there was no more spirit in her.

Matthew 15:35

And He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Mark 6:38

Then He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they found out they said, “Five, and two fishes.”

Mark 6:40

And they sat down in groups, in hundreds and in fifties.

Luke 9:14

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

John 6:10

And יהושע  said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place, and the men, numbering about five thousand, sat down.

1 Corinthians 14:33

For Elohim is not Elohim of disorder but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the set-apart ones.

1 Corinthians 14:40

Let all be done decently and in order.