Luke 9:16

New Living Translation

Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people.

Cross References

Matthew 14:19

Then he told the people to sit down on the grass. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave the bread to the disciples, who distributed it to the people.

Matthew 15:36

Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to the disciples, who distributed the food to the crowd.

Mark 7:34

Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Be opened!”

Luke 22:19

He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Luke 24:30

As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them.

Luke 9:15

So the people all sat down.

Luke 9:17

They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!

John 6:11

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.

John 6:23

Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten.

Acts 27:35

Then he took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, and broke off a piece and ate it.

Romans 14:6

Those who worship the Lord on a special day do it to honor him. Those who eat any kind of food do so to honor the Lord, since they give thanks to God before eating. And those who refuse to eat certain foods also want to please the Lord and give thanks to God.

1 Corinthians 10:30

If I can thank God for the food and enjoy it, why should I be condemned for eating it?

1 Corinthians 11:24

and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

1 Samuel 9:13

Hurry and catch him before he goes up there to eat. The guests won’t begin eating until he arrives to bless the food.”