Mark 6:40
Good News Translation
So the people sat down in rows, in groups of a hundred and groups of fifty.

New Revised Standard Version
So they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.

Contemporary English Version
They sat down in groups of 100 and groups of 50.

New American Bible
The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

by hundreds.

Luke 9:14,15 Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company. . . .

Context
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
39And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 41And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes: looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them all.…
Cross References
Mark 6:39
And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Mark 6:41
And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes: looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them all.

Mark 6:39
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