Matteo 16:9

9 Ancora siete voi senza intelletto, e non vi ricordate dei cinque pani de’ cinquemila uomini, e quanti corbelli ne levaste?

Matteo 16:9 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 16:9

Do ye not understand
Meaning either the sense of the advice he had now given; or rather his almighty power displayed in the two miracles of feeding five thousand at one time, and four thousand at another, with a very small quantity of provision; for to this the word "understand" refers, as well as the following:

neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many
baskets ye took up?
Have you forgot what was so lately done, namely, the feeding five thousand men, besides women and children, with five loaves and two fishes, when ye took up, after all were filled and satisfied, no less than twelve baskets of fragments? And can you, after this, distrust my power in the care of you? Have I fed so many with so small a quantity of food? and am I not able to feed twelve of you, though you have but one loaf? Why all these anxious thoughts and carnal reasonings?

Matteo 16:9 In-Context

7 Ed essi ragionavano fra loro, dicendo: Noi non abbiam preso del pane.

8 E Gesù, conosciuto ciò, disse loro: Perchè questionate fra voi, o uomini di poca fede, di ciò che non avete preso del pane?

9 Ancora siete voi senza intelletto, e non vi ricordate dei cinque pani de’ cinquemila uomini, e quanti corbelli ne levaste?

10 Nè de’ sette pani de’ quattromila uomini, e quanti panieri ne levaste?

11 Come non intendete voi, che non del pane vi dissi che vi guardaste dal lievito de’ Farisei, e de’ Sadducei?