Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground;
New American Standard Bible
And He directed the
King James Version
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Holman Bible
After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground,
International Standard Version
Ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground,
A Conservative Version
And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the ground.
American Standard Version
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
Amplified
He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground,
An Understandable Version
Then He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground,
Anderson New Testament
And he commanded the multitude to recline on the ground.
Bible in Basic English
Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
Common New Testament
He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he bid the people sit down on the ground.
Darby Translation
And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;
Godbey New Testament
He having commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,
Goodspeed New Testament
Then he ordered the people to take their places on the ground,
John Wesley New Testament
They said, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass.
Julia Smith Translation
And he encouraged the crowd to recline upon the earth.
King James 2000
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And commanding the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground,
Modern King James verseion
And He commanded the crowd to sit on the ground.
Moffatt New Testament
So he ordered the crowd to recline on the ground.
Montgomery New Testament
So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground,
NET Bible
After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,
New Heart English Bible
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground;
Noyes New Testament
And bidding the multitude to lie down on the ground,
Sawyer New Testament
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground,
The Emphasized Bible
And, sending word to the multitude to recline upon the ground,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Telling the crowd to sit down on the ground,
Webster
And he commanded the multitude to sit on the ground.
Weymouth New Testament
So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
Williams New Testament
Then He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground,
World English Bible
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
Worrell New Testament
And, having commanded the multitude to recline on the ground,
Worsley New Testament
Then He bid the people sit down on the ground;
Youngs Literal Translation
And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,
Themes
Bread » Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » More than four-thousand people fed
Jesus Christ » History of » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 15:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Feeding Of Four Thousand
34 And Jesus said unto them, "How many loaves have ye?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fishes." 35 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground; 36 And took the seven loaves, and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Cross References
Matthew 14:19-21
And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Mark 6:39-40
And he commanded them to make them all sit down, by companies upon the green grass.
Luke 9:14-16
And they were about a five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, "Cause them to sit down by fifties in a company."
John 6:10
And Jesus said, "Make the people to sit down." There was much grass in the place, and the men sat down: in number, about five thousand.