Mark 6:37

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But He answered them, “You [men] give them something to eat.” And they replied, “Should we go and buy a supply of bread to give them to eat?” [Note: The amount mentioned here indicates that it was two hundred twelve-hour days of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $21,600 in 2005].

Cross References

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.”

Matthew 14:16

But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you men give them [something] to eat.”

Matthew 18:28

But that [same] servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants who owed him a small sum of money [Note: The amount was about 100 twelve hour days of a farm laborer’s pay or about $10,800 in 2005]. He grabbed him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay [me] what you owe.’

Mark 6:36

send the crowd away so they can go into the surrounding countryside and towns to buy themselves something to eat.”

Mark 6:38

And He said to them, “How many loaves [of bread] do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five [barley] loaves [See John 6:9] and two [probably smoked] fish.”

Luke 7:41

[Jesus then gave this parable]: “A certain moneylender had two men who owed him money; one owed him five hundred coins [Note: The total amount was 500 twelve-hour days of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $54,000 in 2005], and the other man [owed him] fifty coins [Note: About $5,400 in 2005].