# Matthew 14.13-21 **Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 11. And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12. And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus. > > **13. Now when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities. 14. And he came forth, and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15. And when even was come, the disciples came to him, saying, The place is desert, and the time is already past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food. 16. But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat. 17. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18. And he said, Bring them hither to me. 19. And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 20. And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. 21. And they that did eat were about five thousand men, besides women and children.** > > 22. And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away. 23. And after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone. (Matthew 14:11-23, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 11. His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother. 12. His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus. > > **13. Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities. 14. Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15. When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.” 16. But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.” 17. They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.” 18. He said, “Bring them here to me.” 19. He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20. They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces. 21. Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.** > > 22. Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23. After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone. (Matthew 14:11-23, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 11. And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12. And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. > > **13. When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 15. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 17. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18. He said, Bring them hither to me. 19. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 20. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.** > > 22. And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. (Matthew 14:11-23, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 11. and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought [it] nigh to her mother. 12. And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus, > > **13. and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities. 14. And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm; 15. and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.' 16. And Jesus said to them, 'They have no need to go away, give ye them to eat.' 17. And they say to him, 'We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.' 18. And he said, 'Bring ye them to me hither.' 19. And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes, 20. and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full; 21. and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.** > > 22. And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes; 23. and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was there alone, (Matthew 14:11-23, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [G1492 - oida](/codex/g1492-oida/), *oida*, Strong's G1492 - [G1096 - ginomai](/codex/g1096-ginomai/), *ginomai*, Strong's G1096 - [G2424 - Iesous](/codex/g2424-iesous/), *Iesous*, Strong's G2424 - [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), *pas*, Strong's G3956 - [G3004 - lego](/codex/g3004-lego/), *lego*, Strong's G3004 ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Liar Lunatic or Lord](/codex/liar-lunatic-or-lord/), via [Matthew 14.14](/codex/matthew-14-14/) **Concepts:** - [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 14.16-18](/codex/matthew-14-16-18/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). 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