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

7So they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “It is because we brought no bread.” 8When Jesus learned of this, he said, “You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread? Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up? 11How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

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 15:16Jesus said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
• Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
• Luke 24:25So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• Revelation 3:19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
• Matthew 14:17They said to him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
• Mark 6:38He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five – and two fish.”
• Luke 9:13But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They replied, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish – unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
• John 6:9“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”

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

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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