Luke 9:10-17
New American Standard Bible
10 (A)When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. (B)And taking them with Him, He withdrew privately to a city called (C)Bethsaida. 11 But the crowds were aware of this and followed Him; and He welcomed them and began speaking to them about the kingdom of God, and curing those who had need of healing.
Five Thousand Men Fed
12 Now the day [a]was ending, and the twelve came up and said to Him, “Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get [b]something to eat; because here, we are in a secluded place.” 13 But He said to them, “You give them something to eat!” But they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people.” 14 (For there were about five thousand men.) But He said to His disciples, “Have them recline to eat (D)in groups of about fifty each.” 15 They did so, and had them all recline. 16 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up to heaven, He blessed them and broke them, and gave them to the disciples again and again, to serve the crowd. 17 And they all ate and were satisfied; and [c]the broken pieces which they had left over were picked up, twelve (E)baskets full.
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Luke 9:10-17
Lexham English Bible
The Feeding of Five Thousand
10 And when they[a] returned, the apostles described to him all that they had done. And he took them along and[b] withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida. 11 But when[c] the crowds found out, they followed him, and welcoming them, he began to speak[d] to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing. 12 Now the day began to be far spent, and the twelve came up and[e] said to him, “Send away the crowd so that they can go into the surrounding villages and farms to obtain lodging and find provisions, because we are here in a desolate place. 13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said, “We have no[f] more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and[g] purchase food for all these people.” 14 (For there were about five thousand men.) So he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 15 And they did so, and had them all sit down. 16 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and[h] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them and began giving[i] them[j] to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 And they all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up by them—twelve baskets of broken pieces.
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- Luke 9:10 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“returned”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 9:10 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took … along”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 9:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“found out”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 9:11 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to speak”)
- Luke 9:12 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 9:13 Literally “there is not to us”
- Luke 9:13 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 9:16 Here “and” is supplied before the participle (“looking up”) in keeping with English style
- Luke 9:16 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began giving”)
- Luke 9:16 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to speak”)
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