Matthew 16:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 16:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 16:9 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 16:9 — KJV
“Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?”
— Matthew 16:9 (KJV)
Matthew 16:9 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 16:9
“When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 16:9: five, loaves, thousand
“And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 16:9: thousand, how, many
“He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 16:9: five, loaves, how
“Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 16:9: five, thousand, how
“Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 16:9: yet, understand, five
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