Matthew Chapter 14 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 14:20

And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
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BBE Matthew 14:20

And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.
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DARBY Matthew 14:20

And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.
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KJV Matthew 14:20

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
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WEB Matthew 14:20

They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.
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YLT Matthew 14:20

and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - And they did all eat, and were filled (ἐχορτάσθησαν, Matthew 5:6, note). And they. Undefined, but seen from Matthew 16:9; John 6:12, to have been the disciples. Took up of the fragments that remained; that which remained over of the broken pieces (Revised Version); i.e. of the pieces broken by our Lord for distribution (ver. 19). Twelve baskets full. The disciples personally lost nothing by the miracle (ver. 15, note), the provision basket that each always carried was now replenished. Baskets; "cofyns" (Wickliffe); κοφίνους (cf. Luke 9:17, note; and the Talmudic saying, "He that has bread in his basket is not like him that has not bread in his basket," Talm. Bab., 'Yoma,' 74b).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Twelve baskets full.--The basket here is the cophinus, a small basket carried in the hand, and often used by travellers to hold their food. So Juvenal (Sat. iii. 14) describes the Jews of Italy as travelling with "their cophinus and a wisp of hay," by way of pillow, as their only luggage. St. John records that the gathering was made by our Lord's express commands, "that nothing be lost." The marvellous display of creative power was not to supersede forethought, thrift, economy in the use of the gifts it had bestowed. It is probable, from the language of the disciples in Mark 6:37, and from John 13:29, that they were in the habit of distributing food to the poor in the villages and towns in which they preached, and the fragments were, we may believe, reserved for that use.