34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” So they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.” 35 And commanding the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish and after he[a] had given thanks, he broke them[b] and began giving[c] them[d] to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:36 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had given thanks”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 15:36 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Matthew 15:36 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began giving”)
  4. Matthew 15:36 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation