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Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy [a]bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred [b]shillings’ worth of [c]bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

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  1. John 6:5 Greek loaves.
  2. John 6:7 The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about eight pence halfpenny, or nearly seventeen cents.
  3. John 6:7 Greek loaves.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,(A) “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

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  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii