Bible Strands
Matthew 16:9
Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples in Matthew 16 immediately after they worry about lacking physical bread. He follows his initial question about their debate over having no bread in Matthew 16:8 with this direct inquiry about their spiritual perception.
The words — The text uses οὔπω (oupō), meaning "not yet," and νοεῖτε (noeite), meaning "do you understand," to frame the opening question. It also employs μνημονεύετε (mnēmoneuete), translated as "remember," to direct attention to the past miracle.
The thread — The five-loaves miracle referenced here appears in Matthew 14:17, Luke 9:13, and John 6:9. The immediate context in Matthew 16:10 pairs this event with the later feeding of the four thousand.
Why it lands — The text demands a factual recall of past miracles to correct a present failure of perception. It requires the reader to recognize that repeated divine provision should resolve current anxiety about material lack.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Cross-references
- Matthew 14:17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
- Luke 9:13 But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
- John 6:9 “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
- Matthew 15:16 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
- Mark 6:38 “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
- Mark 7:18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Luke 24:25 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.