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Philip answered, “Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages[a] just to buy only a little bread for each of these people?”

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the disciples. He spoke up and said, “There is a boy here who has five small loaves[b] of barley bread and two fish. But what good is that with all these people?”

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  1. 6.7 almost a year's wages: The Greek text has “200 silver coins.” Each coin was worth the average day's wages for a worker.
  2. 6.9 small loaves: These would have been flat and round or in the shape of a bun.

Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(A) spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”(B)

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  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

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