John 6:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.””
A short, plain-language explanation of John 6:7 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings’ worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 6:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 11:21But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
- 2 Kings 4:43But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
- Matthew 18:28But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
- Mark 6:37But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
- John 12:5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).