Matthew 16:9

Matthew 16:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
• New International Version (NIV)Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

Context of Matthew 16:9

7They were discussing among themselves, “We didn’t bring any bread.” 8Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread? Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you collected? 10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many large baskets you collected? 11Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”

Matthew 16:9 word by word

οὔπω νοεῖτε οὐδὲ μνημονεύετε τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους τῶν πεντακισχιλίων καὶ πόσους κοφίνους ἐλάβετε;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Do yeνοέωnoieō · to understandG3539
• not yetοὔπωoupō · not yetG3768
• neitherοὐδέoude · norG3761
• rememberμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421
• theἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• of the five thousandπεντακισχίλιοιpentakischilioi · five thousandG4000
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• how manyπόσοςposos · how much/many?G4214
• basketsκόφινοςkophinos · basketG2894
• ye took upλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983

Cross-references for Matthew 16:9

• Matthew 15:16“Do you still lack understanding?” he asked.
• Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him?
• Luke 24:25He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.
• Matthew 14:17“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to him.
• Mark 6:38He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”
• Luke 9:13“You give them something to eat,” he told them. “We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
• John 6:9“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish — but what are they for so many?”

Commentaries on Matthew 16:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Do ye not yet understand - the five loaves - neither the seven - See the notes on Matthew 14:14, etc. How astonishing is it that these men should have any fear of lacking bread, after having seen the two miracles which our blessed Lord alludes to above! Though men quickly perceive their bodily wants, and are querulous enough till they get them supplied, yet they as quickly forget the mercy which they had received; and thus God gets few returns of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The account in these verses is also recorded in Mark 8:13-21. Matthew 16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side - That is, to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Mark says that he entered into a ship again, and departed to the other side. The conversation with the Pharisees and Sadducees had been on the western side of the Sea of Galilee. See the notes at Matthew 15:39. They crossed from that side again to the east. Had…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Christ speaks of spiritual things under a similitude, and the disciples misunderstand him of carnal things. He took it ill that they should think him as thoughtful about bread as they were; that they should be so little acquainted with his way of preaching. Then understood they what he meant. Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Jesus had shown his disciples that he is the true "bread of life" (15:32–39; John 6:35, 48). In contrast, the Jewish leaders taught things that were wrong. Their false teaching spread everywhere, like yeast (or leaven) spreads through bread dough (see study note on Matt 16:11–12).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 16:9

• Apostles
• Basket
• Chiding
• Jesus, the Christ
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Loaves
• Minister, Christian
• Pharisees
• Sadducees

In the dictionaries

• Adulterous
• Bind
• Blood
• Gain
• Gate
• Hell
• Leaven
• Loose
• Profited
• Reason

Commentaries on Matthew 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings