Mark 6:43

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And they took up broken pieces, twelve baskets, full measure, and from the fishes.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
After they finished eating, the followers filled twelve baskets with the pieces of bread and fish that were left.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they toke vp twelve baskettesfull of the gobbettes and of ye fysshes.

International Standard Version
Then the disciplesthey">[fn] picked up twelve baskets full of leftover bread and fish.

New American Standard Bible
and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces of bread, and of the fish.

New Century Version
The followers filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of bread and fish.

Update Bible Version
And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fish.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

Amplified Bible
And the disciples picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces [of the loaves], and of the fish.

English Standard Version
And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.

World English Bible
They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.

Weymouth's New Testament
And they carried away broken portions enough to fill twelve baskets, besides pieces of the fish.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei token the relifs of brokun metis, twelue cofyns ful, and of the fischis.

English Revised Version
And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.

Berean Standard Bible
and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus' disciples picked up twelve large baskets of leftover bread and fish.

American Standard Version
And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.

Bible in Basic English
And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.

Complete Jewish Bible
and they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces and fish.

Darby Translation
And they took up of fragments the fillings of twelve hand-baskets, and of the fishes.

Etheridge Translation
And they took up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and from the fishes.

Murdock Translation
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.

King James Version (1611)
And they tooke vp twelue baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

New Living Translation
and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftover bread and fish.

New Life Bible
After that the followers picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.

New Revised Standard
and they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they tooke vp twelue baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

George Lamsa Translation
And they took up the fragments of bread, twelve full baskets, and also of the fish.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments, and of the fishes.

Revised Standard Version
And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they toke vp twelue baskets full, of the fragmentes, & of the fisshes.

Good News Translation
Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left of the bread and the fish.

Christian Standard Bible®
They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.

Hebrew Names Version
They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.

King James Version
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

Lexham English Bible
And they picked up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.

Literal Translation
And they took up twelve hand baskets full of fragments, also from the fish.

Young's Literal Translation
and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they toke vp twolue baskettes full of ye broken peces and of the fisshes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
though the fragments of bread they took up, with what remain'd of the fishes, amounted to twelve baskets full;

New English Translation
and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.

New King James Version
And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.

Simplified Cowboy Version
There was even some for leftovers the next day.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.

Legacy Standard Bible
and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.

Contextual Overview

³⁰ And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus, and reported unto him all things, as many as they had done, and as many as they had taught. ³¹ And he saith unto them - Come, ye yourselves, apart, into a desert place, and rest yourselves a little. For they who were coming and they who were going were many, and, not even to eat, were they finding fitting opportunity. ³² And they departed, in the boat, into a desert place, apart. ³³ And many saw them going away, and took note of it, and, afoot, from all the cities, ran they together thither, - and outwent them. ³⁴ And, coming forth, he saw, a great multitude, and was moved with compassion towards them, because they were like sheep having no shepherd, and he began to be teaching them many things. ³⁵ And, already, a late hour, having arrived, his disciples came unto him and were saying, A desert, is the place, and it is, already, a late hour: ³⁶ dismiss them, that, departing into the surrounding hamlets and villages, they may buy themselves something to eat. ³⁷ But, he, answering said to them - Ye, give them, to eat. And they say unto him - Shall we depart and buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give them to eat? ³⁸ And, he, saith unto them - How many loaves, have ye? Go, see! And, getting to know, they say - Five, and, two fishes. ³⁹ And he gave them orders, that all should be made recline, in parties, upon, the green grass.

Bible Verse Review
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Mark 8:19, Mark 8:20

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:43 - They shall eat

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments,.... Of the broken pieces of bread, after all had eaten, and were satisfied:

and of the fishes; what remained of them:, for though there was but one loaf for a thousand persons and more, and two small fishes to be divided among five thousand and more: yet, through the wonderful power of Christ increasing both, as they were distributing and eating, there was enough of both for them all, and such a quantity of each left as filled twelve baskets.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. Twelve baskets — These were either the baskets used by the disciples, see Matthew 14:20, or baskets belonging to some of the multitude, who might have brought some with them to carry provisions, or other things necessary for the sick, whom they brought to Christ to be healed.