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What does Matthew 16:7 mean?

"They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”"

— Matthew 16:7 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

4

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.

5

The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.

6

Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”

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Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’

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Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

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Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

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