So he set it before them, and as the Lord had promised, they ate and had some left over.
Luke 9:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Everyone ate and was filled. They picked up twelve baskets of leftover pieces. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the people ate and were satisfied. And they gathered up what remained over–twelve [small hand] baskets of broken pieces. American Standard Version (1901) And they ate, and were all filled: and there was taken up that which remained over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets. Common English Bible Everyone ate until they were full, and the disciples filled twelve baskets with the leftovers. Catholic Public Domain Version And they all ate and were satisfied. And twelve baskets of fragments were taken up, which were left over from them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they did all eat, and were filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets. |
So he set it before them, and as the Lord had promised, they ate and had some left over.
A righteous person eats until he is satisfied, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.