Mark 6:38

George Lamsa Translation

He said to them, Go and see how many loaves of bread you have got here. And when they found out, they said to him, Five loaves of bread and two fish.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”

King James Version (1611)
He saith vnto them, How many loaues haue yee? goe, and see. And when they knew, they say, Fiue, and two fishes.

King James Version
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

English Standard Version
And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

New American Standard Bible
But He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

New Century Version
Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five loaves and two fish."

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

Legacy Standard Bible
And He *said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they *said, "Five, and two fish."

Berean Standard Bible
"Go and see how many loaves you have," He told them. And after checking, they said, "Five-and two fish."

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus said, "How much bread do you have? Go and see!" They found out and answered, "We have five small loaves of bread and two fish."

Complete Jewish Bible
He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and check." When they had found out, they said, "Five. And two fish."

Darby Translation
And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew they say, Five, and two fishes.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have now? Go and see." They counted their loaves of bread. They came to Jesus and said, "We have five loaves of bread and two fish."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he sayde vnto them, Howe many loaues haue ye? goe and looke. And when they knewe it, they sayd, Fiue, and two fishes.

Good News Translation
So Jesus asked them, "How much bread do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they told him, "Five loaves and also two fish."

Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

Literal Translation
And He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And knowing, they said, Five, and two fish.

American Standard Version
And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."

International Standard Version
He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see." They found out and told him, "Five loavesloaves">[fn] and two fish."Matthew 14:17; 15:34; Mark 8:5; Luke 9:13; John 6:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But he said, Go see how many loaves you have here; and when they had seen, they said to him, Five loaves and two fishes.

Murdock Translation
And he said to them: Go, see how many loaves ye have here. And when they had seen, they say to him: Five loaves and two fishes.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He sayde vnto them: Howe many loaues haue ye, go loke? And when they had searched, they sayde, fyue, and two fisshes.

English Revised Version
And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

World English Bible
He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He saith to them, How many loaves have you? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fishes.

Weymouth's New Testament
"How many loaves have you?" He inquired; "go and see." So they found out, and said, "Five; and a couple of fish."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seith to hem, Hou many looues han ye? Go ye, and se. And whanne thei hadden knowe, thei seien, Fyue, and two fischis.

Update Bible Version
And he says to them, How many loaves do you have? go [and] see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fish.

Webster's Bible Translation
He saith to them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

New English Translation
He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five—and two fish."

New King James Version
But He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish."

New Living Translation
"How much bread do you have?" he asked. "Go and find out." They came back and reported, "We have five loaves of bread and two fish."

New Life Bible
He said to them, "How many loaves of bread do you have here? Go and see." When they knew, they said, "Five loaves of bread and two fish."

New Revised Standard
And he said to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." When they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he, saith unto them - How many loaves, have ye? Go, see! And, getting to know, they say - Five, and, two fishes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." And when they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He sayde vnto the: how many loves have ye? Goo and loke. And when they had serched they sayde: v. and .ii. fysshes.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto them: How many loaues haue ye? Go and se. And when they had searched, they sayde: Fyue, and two fisshes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
go see, said he, how many loaves you have: and having examin'd, they told him, five, and two fishes.

THE MESSAGE
But he was quite serious. "How many loaves of bread do you have? Take an inventory." That didn't take long. "Five," they said, "plus two fish."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus responded, "How many loaves of bread do you have already?"They went and checked their saddle bags and came back and said, "We've got five loaves of bread and a couple of pieces of fish."

Contextual Overview

³⁰ And the apostles gathered together unto Jesus, and told him everything they had done, and what they had taught. ³¹ And he said to them, Come, let us go to the wilderness all alone, and rest awhile; for there were many coming and going, and they had no chance even to eat. ³² So they went away in a boat to a desert place by themselves. ³³ And many people saw them when they were leaving, and they knew them, and from all the cities they hurried by land and reached the place before him. ³⁴ And when Jesus went out he saw large crowds, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them a great many things. ³⁵ And when it was getting late, his disciples came up to him and said to him, This is a desert place, and it is getting late; ³⁶ Dismiss them, so that they may go away to the farms and villages around us, and buy bread for themselves; for they have nothing to eat. ³⁷ He said to them, You give them to eat. They said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred penny''s worth of bread, and give it to them to eat? ³⁸ He said to them, Go and see how many loaves of bread you have got here. And when they found out, they said to him, Five loaves of bread and two fish. ³⁹ And he commanded them to make everyone sit down in groups on the grass.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 8:5, Matthew 14:17, Matthew 14:18, Matthew 15:34, Luke 9:13, John 6:9

Reciprocal: Matthew 4:4 - but Matthew 16:9 - the five loaves Mark 8:19 - the five

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he saith unto them, how many loaves have ye?.... This he said, not as ignorant, but as willing to try their faith yet more, and that the after miracle might be more manifest and illustrious:

go and see; meaning, either that they should examine their own store, if they had any; or rather go and see what was to be had upon the spot, among the company, for money;

and when they knew, they say five loaves and two fishes: when they had made inquiry what provisions there were, and the most that could be got at any rate, they tell him, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, particularly, that there was a boy among the multitude that had five barley loaves, and two small fishes; and, at the same time, suggests, that they were nothing for so great a company.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21.

Mark 6:32

By ship - By a boat or a small vessel.

Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them.

Mark 6:33

Afoot thither - On foot to the place where they saw them going.

Out of all cities - All cities or large towns in the neighborhood.

Mark 6:34

Much people ...as sheep ... - They had no one to teach them and guide them. The priests and scribes were proud and corrupt; they despised the common people and neglected them.

Mark 6:35

The time is far passed - The day is almost gone. It is drawing near night.

Mark 6:37

Two hundred pennyworth of bread - About twenty-eight dollars, or 6 British pounds. See the notes at Matthew 14:16. As the disciples had a common purse in which they carried their little property, consisting of the donations of their friends and money to be given to the poor (compare John 12:6; Matthew 26:8-9; Luke 8:3), it is not improbable that they had at this time about this sum in their possession. Philip - for it was he who asked the question John 6:7 - asked, with a mixture of wonder and agitation, whether they should take all their little property and spend it on a single meal? And even if we should, said he, it would not be sufficient to satisfy such a multitude. It was implied in this that, in his view, they could not provide for them if they wished to, and that it would be better to send them away than to attempt it.

Mark 6:40

In ranks - Literally, in the form of square beds in a garden. By regularly formed companies.

By hundreds and by fifties - Some companies had a hundred in them, and some groupings had fifty in them. We do not need to suppose that these were “exactly” formed or arranged, but that this was approximately the number. The expression indicates a “multitude.” There were so many that they sat down, by “hundreds” and by “fifties,” in separate companies, upon the green grass.

Mark 6:43

twelve baskets - Baskets belonging to the disciples, in which they carried their provisions, or, perhaps, belonging to some of the multitude.

Fragments - Broken pieces of the bread that remained.