'Loaves' in the Bible
“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to Him.
Then He commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked them.“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”
He took the seven loaves and the fish, and He gave thanks, broke them, and kept on giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected?
Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many large baskets you collected?
And He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look.”When they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”
Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.
“How many loaves do you have?” He asked them.“Seven,” they said.
Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, broke the loaves, and kept on giving them to His disciples to set before the people. So they served the loaves to the crowd.
When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”“Twelve,” they told Him.
“When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”“Seven,” they said.
“You give them something to eat,” He told them.“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”
Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.
So they collected them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.
Jesus answered, “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first room, which is called the holy place, were the lampstand, the table, and the presentation loaves.