'Loaves' in the Bible
Then the tempter came. "Since you are the Son of God," he said, "tell these stones to become loaves of bread."
They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."
Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks. Then he broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his 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 baskets you collected?
He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see." They found out and told him, "Five loaves and two fish."
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
because they didn't understand the significance of the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.
He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" "Seven," they said.
So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd.
When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces?" They told him, "Twelve."
"When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets did you fill with the leftover pieces?" They told him, "Seven."
But he told them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all these people."
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to the disciples to pass on to the crowd.
Then he told them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.
"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were seated. He also distributed as much fish as they wanted.
So they collected and filled twelve baskets full of pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
Jesus replied to them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.