Mark 6:38 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.”

Mark 6:38

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Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? {pennyworth: the Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny}

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

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Mark 6:1

"And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him."

Mark 6:2

"And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing {him} were astonished, saying, From whence hath this {man} these things? and what wisdom {is} this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?"

Mark 6:3

"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. {offended: scandalized in, or, by him}"

Mark 6:4

"But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house."

Mark 6:5

"And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed {them}."

Mark 6:6

"And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching."

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