“And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.”
King James Version (KJV)
15:36 He gave thanks, or blessed the food - That is, he praised God for it, and prayed for a blessing upon it.
Mt 15:35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. Not on the grass, as in Mt 14:19, for they were in a bare, desolate, grassless region, such as the greater part of Judea is today.
And hee commaunded the multitude to sit downe on the ground.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
- Basic English Bible
And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;
- Darby Bible
And he commanded the multitude to sit on the ground.
- Webster's Bible
So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
- Weymouth Bible
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- World English Bible
And he comaundide to the puple, to sitte to mete on the erthe.
- Wycliffe Bible
And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,
- Youngs Literal Bible