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John 6:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?”

John 6:9

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7

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

8

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

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There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

10

And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

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And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

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