Mark 6:37

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

Cross-references

Mark 8:4 Parallel

Mark 8:4 shows the disciples asking a similar doubting question during the feeding of the 4000, echoing their earlier lack of faith.

Numbers 11:13 shows Moses similarly overwhelmed by the demand to provide meat — a type of the disciples' dilemma.

Numbers 11:21-23 echoes the disciples' doubt: Moses questions God's ability to feed thousands — God responds with power.

In 2 Kings 4:42-44, Elisha multiplies loaves for 100 — a typological prefiguring of Jesus feeding the 5000.

In Matthew 14:16, Jesus gives the same command 'You give them something to eat' — direct parallel.

Matthew 15:33 records a parallel feeding of 4000 with the same disciples' bewilderment about finding bread in a desolate place.

Luke 9:13 Parallel

Luke 9:13 adds the detail of five loaves and two fish — the same feeding miracle from a different Gospel perspective.

John 6:4-10 provides specifics: Philip's test, Andrew finding the boy with barley loaves and fish — expanding the scene.

John 6:7 Parallel

John 6:7 attributes the two hundred denarii calculation to Philip — a specific detail not in Mark.

Numbers 11:22 contains Moses' rhetorical question about slaughtering flocks and fish — mirrors the disciples' impossible logistics.

2 Kings 4:43 records Elisha feeding 100 with 20 loaves, leaving leftovers — a similar miracle prefiguring Jesus' feeding of the 5000.

Matthew 14:17 gives the parallel account's response — the disciples state they have only five loaves and two fish, matching the dilemma here.