Matthew 16:9

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Summary

Matthew 16:9

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Ye not

The five loaves

General references

Matthew 15:16

John 4:33

Bible References

Ye not

And He said, “Are you still so dull [and unable to put things together]?

And He said to them, “Are you, too, so foolish and lacking in understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile and dishonor him,

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to trust and believe in everything that the prophets have spoken!

Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will].

The five loaves

They replied, “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish.”

He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they said, “Five [loaves], and two fish.”

But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people.”

“There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”

General references

And He said, “Are you still so dull [and unable to put things together]?

So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him something to eat?”