Matthew 15:33
Context15:33 The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”
Mark 8:2-4
Context8:2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat. 8:3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.” 8:4 His disciples answered him, “Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
Luke 9:13
Context9:13 But he said to them, “You 1 give them something to eat.” They 2 replied, 3 “We have no more than five loaves and two fish – unless 4 we go 5 and buy food 6 for all these people.”
[9:13] 1 tn Here the pronoun ὑμεῖς (Jumeis) is used, making “you” in the translation emphatic.
[9:13] 2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[9:13] 4 tn This possibility is introduced through a conditional clause, but it is expressed with some skepticism (BDF §376).
[9:13] 5 tn The participle πορευθέντες (poreuqente") has been taken as indicating attendant circumstance.
[9:13] 6 sn Not only would going and buying food have been expensive and awkward at this late time of day, it would have taken quite a logistical effort to get the food back out to this isolated location.