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John 6:5
John 6:5 is verse 5 of John chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
King James Version
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
World English Bible
Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”
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John 6:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.
4 Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
6 But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
7 Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
John 4:35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
Matthew 14:14When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
Matthew 14:15When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
Mark 6:34When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
Mark 6:35By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.
Luke 9:12As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”
Matthew 15:33The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
Mark 8:2“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
Mark 8:3If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”
Mark 8:4His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
Luke 9:13But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”