John 6:7

7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

John 6:7 in Other Translations

KJV
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
ESV
7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."
NLT
7 Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”
MSG
7 Philip answered, "Two hundred silver pieces wouldn't be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece."
CSB
7 Philip answered, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn't be enough for each of them to have a little."

John 6:7 In-Context

5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”
6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up,
9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Greek "take two hundred denarii"
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