Matthew 16:7

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread.

And {G1161} they reasoned {G1260} among {G1722} themselves {G1438}, saying {G3004}, It is because {G3754} we have taken {G2983} no {G3756} bread {G740}.

they thought he said it because they hadn't brought bread.

They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

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Cross-References

  • Mark 9:10 (2 votes)

    And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

  • Luke 9:46 (2 votes)

    Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.

  • Mark 8:16 (2 votes)

    And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have no bread.

  • Mark 8:18 (2 votes)

    Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

  • Acts 10:14 (2 votes)

    But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

  • Matthew 15:16 (2 votes)

    And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

  • Matthew 15:18 (2 votes)

    But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.