Luke 9:16

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And 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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to the heaven, He blessed and broke them, and He was giving [them] to the disciples to set before the crowd.

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Luke 9

¹⁴ (There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

¹⁵ They did so, and everyone was seated.

¹⁶ Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

¹⁷ They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

¹⁸ One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”

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