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Berean Standard Bible

“Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.”

Luke 9:16

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A crowd of about five thousand men, plus women and children, has followed Jesus to a remote place. The disciples want to send them away to find food, but Jesus tells them to give the people something to eat.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

World English Bible (WEB)

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

King James Version (KJV)

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y tomando los cinco panes y los dos pescados, mirando al cielo los bendijo, y partió, y dió á sus discípulos para que pusiesen delante de las gentes.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Entonces Jesús tomó los cinco panes y los dos pescados, miró al cielo y los bendijo. Luego los partió y se los dio a los discípulos para que los repartieran a la gente.

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