Matthew 16:8

8 Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?

Matthew 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 16:8

Which when Jesus perceived
Without hearing any of their debates, but by his omniscience; for he knew the doubts and unbelief, and anxious solicitude of their minds, as well as their private reasonings one with another:

he said unto them, O ye of little faith;
a phrase used upon a like occasion, when he would dissuade his disciples from an anxious distressing care about a livelihood, ( Matthew 6:30 ) (See Gill on Matthew 6:30):

why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
blaming one another for your negligence and forgetfulness in this matter; distressing your minds, as if you should be famished and starved, because ye have not brought a quantity of bread, as you used to do with you.

Matthew 16:8 In-Context

6 and when Jesus said to them, "See to it: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,"

7 they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have not brought any bread."

8 Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?

9 Do you not yet understand? nor even remember the 5,000 and the five loaves, and how many basketfuls you carried away,

10 nor the 4,000 and the seven loaves, and how many hampers you carried away?