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Philip replied, “It would take a fortune[a] to begin to do it!”

8-9 Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a youngster here with five barley loaves and a couple of fish! But what good is that with all this mob?”

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  1. John 6:7 a fortune, literally, “200 denarii,” a denarius being a full day’s wage.

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