Luke 9:14

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For there were about five thousand men [there]. So, He said to His disciples, “Have these people recline [on the grass. See Matt. 14:19] in groups of about fifty each.”

Cross References

Mark 8:6

Then He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks to God [for them], He divided the food and gave it to His disciples to set in front of them. They [in turn] set it in front of the crowd.

Luke 9:13

But He said to the apostles, “You men give them something to eat.” But they replied, “We have only five loaves of [barley] bread [See John 6:9] and two [probably smoked] fish, unless we go and buy [more] food for all these people.”

Luke 9:15

So, the disciples did this, and had all the people recline [on the grass in groups].

1 Corinthians 14:40

But everything [in the assembly] should be done properly and orderly.