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12 Bible verses about Feeding the Five Thousand KJV
Five loaves, two fish, and the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels. These verses cover the account, the twelve baskets left over, and what Jesus taught about bread the following day.
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Matthew 14:15 · KJV
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Matthew 14:16 · KJV
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
Matthew 14:17 · KJV
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Matthew 14:18-19 · KJV
He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 14:20 · KJV
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Matthew 14:21 · KJV
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Mark 6:41 · KJV
And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Luke 9:16 · KJV
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
John 6:9 · KJV
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
John 6:11 · KJV
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
John 6:12-13 · KJV
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
John 6:14 · KJV
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
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