Matthew 15:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

His disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”

Cross References

Matthew 14:15

That evening the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This place is like a desert, and it is already late. Let the crowds leave, so they can go to the villages and buy some food.”

Matthew 15:32

Jesus called his disciples together and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry. They might faint on their way home.”

Matthew 15:34

Jesus asked them how much food they had. They replied, “Seven small loaves of bread and a few little fish.”

Mark 6:37

Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.” But they asked him, “Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages to buy all these people something to eat?”

Luke 9:13

Jesus answered, “You give them something to eat.” But they replied, “We have only five small loaves of bread and two fish. If we are going to feed all these people, we will have to go and buy food.”