LUKE 9:13 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But Yeshua told them, “You all give them something to eat.”
¶ “We don’t have anything more than just five breadrolls and two fish, unless we go and buy some food for all these people.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But he said to them, “You give them to eat.” But they said, “There are not more than five loaves and two fish with us—unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

UST But he said to them, “You must give them something to eat!” They replied, “All we have are five small loaves of bread and two small fish. We could never go buy enough food for all these people!”

BSB But [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.”

BLB And He said to them, "You give to them to eat." But they said, "There are no more than five loaves to us, and two fish, unless we, having gone, should buy food for all this people."

AICNT But {he}[fn] said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

9:13, he: Some manuscripts read “Jesus.” C(04) Latin(ff²)

OEB But Jesus said, ‘It is for you to give them something to eat.’
¶ ‘We have not more than five loaves and two fish,’ they answered. ‘Unless indeed we are to go and buy food for all these people.’

WEBBE But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.”
¶ They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They replied, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish – unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

LSV And He said to them, “You give them to eat”; and they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy food for all this people”;

FBV “You give them something to eat!” said Jesus.
¶ “All we have here are five loaves and two fish—unless you want us to go and buy food for everyone,” they said.

TCNT But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have only five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for this entire group of people.”

T4T But he said to them, “No, you yourselves give them something to eat!” They replied, “We (exc) have only five small loaves and two cooked fish. Are you (sg) going to give us the money to go somewhere and buy food for all these people?”

LEB But he said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said, “_⌊We have no_⌋[fn] more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and[fn] purchase food for all these people.”

9:13 Literally “there is not to us”

9:13 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

Moff He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves." They said, "We have only got five loaves and two fish. Unless — are we to go and buy food for the whole of this people?"

Wymth "You yourselves," He said, "must give them food." "We have nothing," they replied, "but five loaves and a couple of fish, unless indeed we were to go and buy provisions for all this host of people."

ASV But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

DRA But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps we should go and buy food for all this multitude.

YLT And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

Drby And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;

RV But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.
(But he said unto them, Give ye/you_all them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people. )

SLT And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are no more to us than five loaves and two fishes; except having gone we buy food for all this people.

Wbstr But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy provisions for all this people.

KJB-1769 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
(But he said unto them, Give ye/you_all them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. )

KJB-1611 But he said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate. And they said, Wee haue no more but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we should goe and buy meate for all this people.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps But he said vnto them: Geue ye the to eate. And they said: We haue no mo but fyue loaues and two fisshes, excepte we should go & bye meate for al this people.
(But he said unto them: Give ye/you_all the to eat. And they said: We have no more but five loaves and two fishes, except we should go and bye meat for all this people.)

Gnva But he sayd vnto them, Giue ye them to eate. And they sayd, We haue no more but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we should go and buy meate for all this people.
(But he said unto them, Give ye/you_all them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes, except we should go and buy meat for all this people. )

Cvdl But he sayde vnto them: Geue ye them to eate. They sayde: We haue nomore but fyue loaues and two fysshes. Excepte we shulde go & bye meate for so moch people
(But he said unto them: Give ye/you_all them to eat. They said: We have no more but five loaves and two fishes. Except we should go and bye meat for so much people)

TNT But he sayde vnto them: Geve ye them to eate. And they sayde. We have no moo but fyve loves and two fisshes except we shuld goo and bye meate for all this people.
(But he said unto them: Geve ye/you_all them to eat. And they said. We have no moo but five loves and two fishes except we should go and bye meat for all this people. )

Wycl And he seide to hem, Yue ye to hem to ete. And thei seiden, Ther ben not to vs mo than fyue looues and twei fischis, but perauenture that we go, and bie meetis to al this puple.
(And he said to hem, Yue ye/you_all to hem to eat. And they said, There been not to us more than five loaves and twain/two_or_both fishes, but peradventure/perhaps that we go, and buy meats to all this people.)

Luth Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Gebt ihr ihnen zu essen. Sie sprachen: Wir haben nicht mehr denn fünf Brote und zwei Fische; es sei denn, daß wir hingehen sollen und Speise kaufen für so groß Volk.
(He but spoke to/for to_them: Gebt you(pl)/their/her to_them to/for eat. They/She said: We have not more because/than five breads and two fish(n); it be because/than, that we/us go_there should and food buy for/in_favour_of so large people.)

ClVg Ait autem ad illos: Vos date illis manducare. At illi dixerunt: Non sunt nobis plus quam quinque panes et duo pisces: nisi forte nos eamus, et emamus in omnem hanc turbam escas.[fn]
(He_said however to those: You(pl) date to_them to_eat. But them they_said: Not/No are us plus how five bread/food and two fish: except perhaps us let's_go, and we_buy in/into/on all this crowd food. )

9.13 Nisi forte. Nondum intellexerant apostoli fidem populi credentis non esse venalem, sed noverant nos potius esse redimendos per suas escas gratuitas.

9.13 Unless perhaps. Nondum intellexerant apostles faith of_the_people to_the_believers not/no to_be venalem, but noverant us rather to_be redimendos through their_own food gratuitas.

UGNT εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, οὐκ εἰσὶν ἡμῖν πλεῖον ἢ ἄρτοι πέντε καὶ ἰχθύες δύο, εἰ μήτι πορευθέντες, ἡμεῖς ἀγοράσωμεν εἰς πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον βρώματα.
(eipen de pros autous, dote autois humeis fagein. hoi de eipan, ouk eisin haʸmin pleion aʸ artoi pente kai iⱪthues duo, ei maʸti poreuthentes, haʸmeis agorasōmen eis panta ton laon touton brōmata.)

SBL-GNT εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· Δότε αὐτοῖς ⸂ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν⸃. οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· Οὐκ εἰσὶν ἡμῖν πλεῖον ἢ ⸂ἄρτοι πέντε⸃ καὶ ἰχθύες δύο, εἰ μήτι πορευθέντες ἡμεῖς ἀγοράσωμεν εἰς πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον βρώματα.
(eipen de pros autous; Dote autois ⸂humeis fagein⸃. hoi de eipan; Ouk eisin haʸmin pleion aʸ ⸂artoi pente⸃ kai iⱪthues duo, ei maʸti poreuthentes haʸmeis agorasōmen eis panta ton laon touton brōmata.)

RP-GNT Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. Οἱ δὲ εἶπον, Οὐκ εἰσὶν ἡμῖν πλεῖον ἢ πέντε ἄρτοι καὶ ἰχθύες δύο, εἰ μήτι πορευθέντες ἡμεῖς ἀγοράσωμεν εἰς πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον βρώματα.
(Eipen de pros autous, Dote autois humeis fagein. Hoi de eipon, Ouk eisin haʸmin pleion aʸ pente artoi kai iⱪthues duo, ei maʸti poreuthentes haʸmeis agorasōmen eis panta ton laon touton brōmata.)

TC-GNT Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Δότε αὐτοῖς [fn]ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. Οἱ δὲ [fn]εἶπον, Οὐκ εἰσὶν ἡμῖν πλεῖον ἢ [fn]πέντε ἄρτοι καὶ [fn]ἰχθύες δύο, εἰ μήτι πορευθέντες ἡμεῖς [fn]ἀγοράσωμεν εἰς πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον βρώματα.
(Eipe de pros autous, Dote autois humeis fagein. Hoi de eipon, Ouk eisin haʸmin pleion aʸ pente artoi kai iⱪthues duo, ei maʸti poreuthentes haʸmeis agorasōmen eis panta ton laon touton brōmata. )

9:13 υμεις φαγειν ¦ φαγειν υμεις WH

9:13 ειπον ¦ ειπαν CT

9:13 πεντε αρτοι ¦ αρτοι πεντε CT

9:13 ιχθυες δυο ¦ δυο ιχθυες TR

9:13 αγορασωμεν ¦ αγορασομεν ANT PCK

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:10–17: Jesus did a miracle to feed more than five thousand people

Jesus taught the people about the kingdom of God and he healed many sick people. Then he fed all of the people by multiplying a small amount of bread and fish. This is the only miracle besides Jesus’ resurrection that all four Gospels record.

Some other headings for this section are:

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand (NIV)

The Feeding of the Five Thousand (NET)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 14:13–21, Mark 6:30–44, and John 6:1–14.

9:13a

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.”

Jesus said to them, “You^(plur) yourselves give them some food!”
But Jesus responded, “It is you^(plur) who must give them something to eat.”

But Jesus told them: The words But Jesus told them introduce the response that Jesus made to what the disciples suggested. He did not say what the disciples expected him to say. In Greek the verse begins with the common conjunction that the BSB translates here as “But.” Some other English versions do not translate this conjunction. Introduce Jesus’ response in a natural way in your language.

You give them something to eat: The word You is emphasized here. Jesus was saying that the people should not have to find their own food. Instead, the disciples should give them food. Some ways to translate Jesus’ words here are:

You yourselves give them something to eat. (GNT)

It is you who must feed them!

9:13b

“We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered,

¶ But they said, “We^(excl) cannot. We^(excl) have only five small loaves/cakes of bread and two small fish.
¶ The disciples replied, “But we only have five buns/rolls and two dried/cooked fish.

We have only five loaves of bread and two fish: In this clause the disciples implied that they did not have enough food to give the people something to eat. They implied that for this reason, they could not do what Jesus had told them. In some languages it may be necessary to make this implied information explicit in some way. For example:

How can we do that? We have only…

loaves of bread: The Greek word that the BSB translates as loaves of bread is literally “loaves.” These were small, round loaves of flat bread, probably made from barley. The parallel passage in John 6:9 makes this clear. If people do not know a word for bread, you may use a general word such as “food” here. You should not substitute a different kind of food, because these verses tell about an event that actually happened.

Languages have different ways to describe portions of bread or food. Some ways to do that are:

Use a plural form of the word to refer to a certain number of portions. For example:
five breads
Use a general word that refers to a unit or portion. For example:
five units/portions of bread

In areas where people do not eat bread as their main food, it may be helpful to include a footnote. For example:

Bread was one of the main foods that the Jews ate. The loaves of bread in this verse were round, thick, and flat in shape. One person would probably eat two of them for one meal.

fish: This fish was ready to eat, so it had already been cooked or dried or salted. It was probably a small kind of fresh-water fish from the nearby lake, the Lake of Galilee. Use a natural word in your language for this context.

they answered: The disciples answered by implying that they could not do what Jesus told them to do. Introduce the disciples’ response in a natural way in your language. In some languages it may be helpful to use a different verb. For example:

But they said/objected

9:13c

“unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

We^(excl) do not have enough food unless we^(excl) go and buy a lot for all these people.”
How could we possibly go and buy enough food for this big crowd of people?”

unless we go and buy food for all these people: In this clause the disciples were suggesting that the only way to get enough food for everyone was to go and buy it. However, they did not think that this was what Jesus wanted them to do. They did not think it was possible to buy enough food for the crowd, because they did not have enough money (see John 6:7). Another way to translate this is:

…or do you intend us to go and buy food for all these people? (REB)

In some languages it may be more natural to start a new sentence with this clause. For example:

Do you want us to go and buy food for this whole crowd? (GNT)

If we are going to feed all these people, we will have to go and buy food. (CEV)

Parallel LUKE 9:13

Section 9:10–17: Jesus did a miracle to feed more than five thousand people

9:13a

9:13b

9:13c