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

7At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread. 8Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread? Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up? 10Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up? 11Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘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 15:16“Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.
• Mark 7:18“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you?
• Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
• Revelation 3:19I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
• Matthew 14:17“But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish!” they answered.
• Mark 6:38“How much bread do you have?” he asked. “Go and find out.” They came back and reported, “We have five loaves of bread and two fish.”
• Luke 9:13But Jesus said, “You feed them.” “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Or are you expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?”
• John 6:9“There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”

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