Bible in Basic English
"Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little."
— John 6:7, Bible in Basic English
“Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings’ worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little. ”
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?
This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,
There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?
Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.