Luke 9:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the taught ones to set before the crowd.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And taking the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven and [praising God] gave thanks and asked Him to bless them [to their use]. Then He broke them and gave them to the disciples to place before the multitude.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them, and broke them and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish, he gazed up to heaven, and he blessed and broke and distributed them to his disciples, in order to set them before the crowd.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them; and he broke, and distributed to his disciples, to set before the multitude.

Luke 9:16 Cross References

Matthew 14:19

And commanding the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the taught ones. And the taught ones gave to the crowds,

Matthew 15:36

and taking the seven loaves and the fish, giving thanks, He broke them and gave to His taught ones, and the taught ones to the crowd.

Mark 7:34

And looking up to the heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

Luke 22:19

And taking bread, giving thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you, do this in remembrance of Me.”

Luke 24:30

And it came to be, when He sat at the table with them, having taken the bread, He blessed, and having broken, He was giving it to them.

Luke 9:15

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

Luke 9:17

So they all ate and were satisfied, and twelve baskets of the broken pieces were picked up by them.

John 6:11

And יהושע took the loaves, and having given thanks He distributed them to the taught ones, and the taught ones to those sitting down. And the same with the fish, as much as they wished.

John 6:23

but other boats came from Kinnereth, near the place where they ate bread after the Master had given thanks –

Acts 27:35

And having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to Elohim in the presence of them all. And when he had broken it he began to eat.

Romans 14:6

He who minds the day, minds it to יהוה. And he who does not mind the day, to יהוה he does not mind it. He who eats, eats to יהוה, for he gives Elohim thanks. And he who does not eat, to יהוה he does not eat, and gives Elohim thanks.

1 Corinthians 10:30

But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for what I give thanks?

1 Corinthians 11:24

and having given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat, this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

1 Samuel 9:13

“As you come into the city, you are going to find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people do not eat until he comes, for he blesses the slaughtering, afterward they who are invited eat. And now, go up, for you should find him about this time.”