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Matthew 14:15-17
New English Translation
Matthew 14:15-17
New English Translation
15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, “This is an isolated place[a] and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 But he[b] replied, “They don’t need to go. You[c] give them something to eat.” 17 They[d] said to him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
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- Matthew 14:15 tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).
- Matthew 14:16 tc ‡ The majority of witnesses read ᾿Ιησοῦς (Iēsous, “Jesus”) here, perhaps to clarify the subject. Although only a few Greek mss, along with several versional witnesses (א* D Zvid 579 1424 e k sys,c,p sa bo), lack the name of Jesus, the omission does not seem to be either accidental or malicious and is therefore judged to be most likely the original reading. Nevertheless, a decision is difficult. NA28 has the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
- Matthew 14:16 tn Here the pronoun ὑμεῖς (humeis) is used, making “you” in the translation emphatic.
- Matthew 14:17 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
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