Matthew 16 · Verse 9

Matthew 16:9

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew 16:9, King James Version

Matthew 16:9 in other translations

BSBDo you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
WEBDon’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,
ASVDo ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
YLTdo ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?
DARBYDo ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?
BBEDo you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
WebsterDo ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

What does Matthew 16:9 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 9.

(h) "Five loaves" Mt 14:19

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Do ye not yet understand - the five loaves - neither the seven - See the notes on Mat 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 gratitude for his kindnesses. To make men, therefore, deeply sensible of his favors, he is induced to suffer them often to be in want, and then to supply them in such a way as to prove that their supply has come immediately from the hand of their bountiful Father.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 16:5-12

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.

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Matthew 16:9 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οὔπωoupōNot yetG3768
νοεῖτεnoeitedo you understandG3539
οὐδὲoudenorG3761
μνημονεύετεmnēmoneueterememberG3421
τοὺςtoustheG3588
πέντεpentefiveG4002
ἄρτουςartousloavesG740
τῶνtōnfor theG3588
πεντακισχιλίωνpentakischiliōnfive thousandG4000
καὶkaiandG2532
πόσουςposoushow manyG4214
κοφίνουςkophinoushand-basketsG2894
ἐλάβετε;elabeteyou gathered?G2983

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 16:9

  • Matthew 14:17-21

    And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. …

  • John 6:9-13

    There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. …

  • Luke 9:13-17

    But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. And they did so, and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. …

  • Mark 6:38-44

    He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. …

  • Matthew 15:16-17

    And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

  • Luke 24:25-27

    Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

  • Mark 7:18

    And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye not.
15:16,17; Mr 7:18; Lu 24:25-27; Re 3:19
the five loaves.
14:17-21; Mr 6:38-44; Lu 9:13-17; Joh 6:9-13

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Context

  • Matthew 16:8

    Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

  • Matthew 16:9

    Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

  • Matthew 16:10

    Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

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Matthew 16:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿No entendéis aún, ni os acordáis de los cinco panes entre cinco mil hombres, y cuántos cestos alzasteis?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
N’entendez-vous pas encore, et ne vous souvient-il pas des cinq pains des 5 000 hommes, et combien de paniers vous en avez recueillis?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verstehet ihr noch nicht, erinnert ihr euch auch nicht an die fünf Brote der fünftausend, und wie viele Handkörbe ihr aufhobet?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nondum intelligitis, neque recordamini quinque panum in quinque millia hominum, et quot cophinos sumpsistis?