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Mark 6:38

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Jesus asked them, 'How much food do you actually have? Go check.' So they went and counted everything up, then came back and said, 'We've got five loaves of bread and two fish.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes God asks you to count what you have before he shows you what he can do with it.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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