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Mark 6:36-38
Common English Bible
Mark 6:36-38
Common English Bible
36 Send them away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something to eat for themselves.”
37 He replied, “You give them something to eat.”
But they said to him, “Should we go off and buy bread worth almost eight months’ pay[a] and give it to them to eat?”
38 He said to them, “How much bread do you have? Take a look.”
After checking, they said, “Five loaves of bread and two fish.”
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- Mark 6:37 Or two hundred denaria; a denarion was a typical day’s wage.
Mark 6:36-38
New International Version
Mark 6:36-38
New International Version
36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
37 But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”(A)
They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages[a]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”
38 “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”
When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”(B)
Footnotes
- Mark 6:37 Greek take two hundred denarii
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