Matthew 14:16

A Conservative Version

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart. Give ye them to eat.

Cross References

John 13:29

For some thought, since Judas had the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, yea, even to eight, for thou know not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Luke 3:11

And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise.

Proverbs 11:24

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

Matthew 14:15

And having become evening, his disciples came to him, saying, The place is desolate, and the hour is now past. Send the multitudes away, so that having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves.

Matthew 14:17

And they say to him, We have not here, except five loaves and two fishes.