Mark 6:38

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.”

Cross References

Matthew 15:34

Jesus replied, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They said, “[We have] seven [loaves] and a few small fish.”

Mark 6:37

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].

Mark 6:39

And He ordered all of them to recline in groups on the green grass.

Mark 8:5

And He asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” And they answered, “We have seven loaves.”

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.”

John 6:9

“There is a little boy here who has five [small] loaves of barley bread and two [probably smoked] fish. But what is this amount for [feeding] so many people?”