King James Version
Matthew 16:9 in the King James Version says “Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?”
Matthew 16:9 · KJV
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“remember”
G3421to exercise memory, i.e., recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“how many”
G4214interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
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