John 6

American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)

6 Ref And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

7 Ref Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

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

9 Ref There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?

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

11 Ref Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.

12 Ref And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.

13 Ref So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten.

14 Ref When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

6 Ref and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.

7 Ref Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;'

8 Ref one of his disciples -- Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter -- saith to him,

9 Ref `There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these -- what are they to so many?'

10 Ref And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

11 Ref and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.

12 Ref And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'

13 Ref they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.

14 Ref The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- `This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

6 Ref This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

7 Ref Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

8 Ref One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,

9 Ref There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

10 Ref Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.

11 Ref Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.

12 Ref And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

13 Ref So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough.

14 Ref And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

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