15 Now when it[a] was evening, the disciples came to him saying, “The place is desolate and the hour is late.[b] Release the crowds so that they can go away into the villages and[c] purchase food for themselves.” 16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need[d] to go away. You give them something[e] to eat.” 17 And they said to him, “We do not have anything[f] here except five loaves and two fish.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  2. Matthew 14:15 Literally “has passed away”
  3. Matthew 14:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go away”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Matthew 14:16 Literally “have need”
  5. Matthew 14:16 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Matthew 14:17 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation