Luke 9:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² And as the day began to decline, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that going into the surrounding villages and country, they might lodge and get food, because here we are in a lonely place.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Now the day began to decline, and the Twelve came and said to Him, Dismiss the crowds and send them away, so that they may go to the neighboring hamlets and villages and the surrounding country and find lodging and get a supply of provisions, for we are here in an uninhabited (barren, solitary) place.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And the day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and country round about, and lodge, and get provisions: for we are here in a desert place.

Common English Bible

¹² When the day was almost over, the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so that they can go to the nearby villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in a deserted place.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Then the day began to decline. And drawing near, the twelve said to him: "Dismiss the crowds, so that, by going into the surrounding towns and villages, they may separate and find food. For we are here in a deserted place."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Now the day began to decline. And the twelve came and said to him: Send away the multitude, that going into the towns and villages round about, they may lodge and get victuals; for we are here in a desert place.

Luke 9:12 Cross References

Ezekiel 34:25

“And I shall make a covenant of peace with them, and make evil beasts cease from the land. And they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Hosea 13:5

“I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Matthew 14:13

Now when יהושע heard it, He withdrew from there by boat to a deserted place, by Himself. And when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

Matthew 15:23

But He did not answer her a word. And His taught ones came and asked Him, saying, “Send her away, because she cries after us.”

Matthew 15:32

And יהושע, having called His taught ones near, said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have now continued with Me three days and do not have whatever to eat. And I do not wish to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

Luke 9:11

And when the crowds knew it, they followed Him. And having received them, He was speaking to them about the reign of Elohim, and healed those who had need of healing.

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.”

John 6:1

After this יהושע went away to the other side of the Sea of Galil, that is Lake Kinnereth.

Philippians 1:19

For I know that this shall turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of יהושע Messiah,