Matthew 14:16
Good News Translation
"They don't have to leave," answered Jesus. "You yourselves give them something to eat!"

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "They don't have to leave. Why don't you give them something to eat?"

New American Bible
[Jesus] said to them, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat.

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2 Kings 4:42-44 And a certain man came from Baalsalisa, bringing to the man of God, bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in his scrip. And he said: Give to the people, that they may eat. . . .

Job 31:16,17 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: . . .

Proverbs 11:24 The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.

Ecclesiastes 11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Luke 3:11 And he answering, said to them: He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like manner.

John 13:29 For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day: or that he should give something to the poor.

2 Corinthians 8:2,3 That in much experience of tribulation, they have had abundance of joy and their very deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their simplicity. . . .

2 Corinthians 9:7,8 Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. . . .

Context
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now passed: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals. 16But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat. 17They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.…
Cross References
2 Kings 4:42
And a certain man came from Baalsalisa, bringing to the man of God, bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in his scrip. And he said: Give to the people, that they may eat.

Matthew 14:15
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now passed: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.

Matthew 14:17
They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.

Matthew 14:15
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