Matthew 14:20
New International Version
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

New Living Translation
They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers.

English Standard Version
And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

Berean Standard Bible
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Berean Literal Bible
And all ate and were satisfied, and they took up that being over and above of the fragments, twelve hand-baskets full.

King James Bible
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

New King James Version
So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.

New American Standard Bible
And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces: twelve full baskets.

NASB 1995
and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

NASB 1977
and they all ate, and were satisfied. And they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

Legacy Standard Bible
and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

Amplified Bible
and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up twelve full baskets of the leftover broken pieces.

Christian Standard Bible
Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Everyone ate and was filled. Then they picked up 12 baskets full of leftover pieces!

American Standard Version
And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they all ate and were satisfied and they collected the remainder of the fragments twelve baskets full.

Contemporary English Version
After everyone had eaten all they wanted, Jesus' disciples picked up twelve large baskets of leftovers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up what remained, twelve full baskets of fragments.

English Revised Version
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All of them ate as much as they wanted. When they picked up the leftover pieces, they filled twelve baskets.

Good News Translation
Everyone ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left over.

International Standard Version
All of them ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

Literal Standard Version
and they all ate, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

Majority Standard Bible
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

New American Bible
They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over —twelve wicker baskets full.

NET Bible
They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

New Revised Standard Version
And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

New Heart English Bible
And they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

Weymouth New Testament
So all ate, and were fully satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they gathered up, filling twelve baskets.

World English Bible
They all ate and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.

Young's Literal Translation
and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
19And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21About five thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.…

Cross References
2 Kings 4:6
When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another." But he replied, "There are no more jars." Then the oil stopped flowing.

2 Kings 4:44
So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

Matthew 14:21
About five thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.

Matthew 15:37
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Matthew 16:9
Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

Mark 6:43
and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

Mark 8:8
The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.


Treasury of Scripture

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

were.

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Matthew 15:33
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

Exodus 16:8,12
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD…

and they took.

Matthew 15:37,38
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full…

Matthew 16:8-10
Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? …

2 Kings 4:1-7
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen…

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Matthew 14
1. Herod's opinion of Jesus.
3. Wherefore John Baptist was beheaded.
13. Jesus departs into a solitary place,
15. where he feeds five thousand men with five loves and two fishes.
22. He walks on the sea to his disciples;
34. and landing at Gennesaret,
35. heals the sick who touch of the hem of his garment.














(20) Twelve baskets full.--The basket here is the cophinus, a small basket carried in the hand, and often used by travellers to hold their food. So Juvenal (Sat. iii. 14) describes the Jews of Italy as travelling with "their cophinus and a wisp of hay," by way of pillow, as their only luggage. St. John records that the gathering was made by our Lord's express commands, "that nothing be lost." The marvellous display of creative power was not to supersede forethought, thrift, economy in the use of the gifts it had bestowed. It is probable, from the language of the disciples in Mark 6:37, and from John 13:29, that they were in the habit of distributing food to the poor in the villages and towns in which they preached, and the fragments were, we may believe, reserved for that use.

Verse 20. - And they did all eat, and were filled (ἐχορτάσθησαν, Matthew 5:6, note). And they. Undefined, but seen from Matthew 16:9; John 6:12, to have been the disciples. Took up of the fragments that remained; that which remained over of the broken pieces (Revised Version); i.e. of the pieces broken by our Lord for distribution (ver. 19). Twelve baskets full. The disciples personally lost nothing by the miracle (ver. 15, note), the provision basket that each always carried was now replenished. Baskets; "cofyns" (Wickliffe); κοφίνους (cf. Luke 9:17, note; and the Talmudic saying, "He that has bread in his basket is not like him that has not bread in his basket," Talm. Bab., 'Yoma,' 74b).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
They all ate
ἔφαγον (ephagon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

were satisfied,
ἐχορτάσθησαν (echortasthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5526: To feed, satisfy, fatten. From chortos; to fodder, i.e. to gorge.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the disciples] picked up
ἦραν (ēran)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 142: To raise, lift up, take away, remove.

twelve
δώδεκα (dōdeka)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1427: Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen.

basketfuls
κοφίνους (kophinous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2894: A large basket. Of uncertain derivation; a basket.

of broken pieces
κλασμάτων (klasmatōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 2801: A fragment, broken piece. From klao; a piece.

that
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

were left over.
περισσεῦον (perisseuon)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4052: From perissos; to superabound, be in excess, be superfluous; also to cause to superabound or excel.


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