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Luke 9:13

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

But Jesus told them, 'You give them something to eat.' They were like, 'We literally only have five loaves of bread and two fish — unless you want us to go buy food for this entire crowd of people.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus asked them to do the impossible with what little they had, and they were honest about feeling overwhelmed.

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